Color issues with this iMac retina 5K monitor

I work everyday with a client and we have files that on my iMac screen, I cannot see extremely pale tints. He often tells me when we run into this issue that I should get this taken care of. I use the bait in display calibration and sometimes calibrate it 2 or 3 times in a row.

For example, we have an illustrator file with box background behind text that is 2c, 2m, 0y 0k and I cannot see the this extreme tint against the white background. Yet he can on his monitor. He's running the latest MacPro desktop beast with a LG 31MU97 31-inch (4096 x 2160) monitor.

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 11:07 AM

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Kurt Lang

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Posted on Sep 17, 2019 2:09 PM

The built-in calibration function is 100%, very literally, useless.

There is only one way to properly calibrate and profile a monitor. And that's by using a hardware/software package designed for that purpose.

Personally, I would recommend the X-Rite i1 Display Pro. The ColorMunki Display is a less expensive version. Takes twice as long to run the process mainly because the sensor is half the size of the i1 Display Pro. Don't even think of purchasing the ColorMunki Smile. It's a very out-of-date design mainly intended for CRT monitors.

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