How can I force the color picker to use sRGB IEC61966-2.1 by default?

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How can I force the color picker to use sRGB IEC61966-2.1 by default?

I recently upgraded to Yosemite and now my Apple Color Picker has become worthless for sampling accurate colors from my display. It samples colors and returns a darker value than the color actually is.

I know that this problem is related to the color profile that the color picker is using. I want it to use the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile but it keeps defaulting to GenricRGB. How can I correct this issue.

Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 25, 2015 6:17 PM

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lazlototh Author

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May 25, 2015 10:37 PM in response to lazlototh

I resolved the problem but I really wish Apple would fix these annoying color picker problems.

This solution works but it's kind of a ridiculous workaround.

Here are the steps:

1.) Go to the folder: /System/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/

2.) Delete the default profile: Generic RGB Profile.icc

3.) Duplicate your desired default profile. (Example: sRGB Profile.icc)

4.) Rename the duplicate to: Generic RGB Profile.icc

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