Hi everyone. I have a real weird one for you. Windows user.I created an AdobeRGB color spectrum and an sRGB color spectrum for testing.On my calibrated wide-gamut monitor using a displaycal LUT + matrix, these spectrums look different in different color managed programs.In Photoshop and ImageGlass (my image viewer using my monitor profile), the exports are dark in the blacks.In Brave (a Chrome-based color managed browser) and Instagram (powered by Edge and also color managed) the images are darker than Photoshop/ImageGlass and have a smoother rolloff into black.In Lightroom, the exports are brighter in the blacks (slightly brighter than Photoshop, significantly brighter than Brave), to where they almost do not reach true black. It all goes away and matches perfectly when I return to the Windows default profile.I am extremely confused as to why this is happening. I've posted on Reddit, DisplayCal, DPReview and now here, but nothing has solved this problem so far. I really need this to be fixed. I can't just revert back to an sRGB monitor because the extra color information is going to be helpful for proofing purposes.

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Very weird color mismatch in Lightroom, Photoshop, and color-managed programs on wide gamut monitor.

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October 10, 2022
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Hi everyone. I have a real weird one for you. Windows user.

I created an AdobeRGB color spectrum and an sRGB color spectrum for testing.

On my calibrated wide-gamut monitor using a displaycal LUT + matrix, these spectrums look different in different color managed programs.

In Photoshop and ImageGlass (my image viewer using my monitor profile), the exports are dark in the blacks.
In Brave (a Chrome-based color managed browser) and Instagram (powered by Edge and also color managed) the images are darker than Photoshop/ImageGlass and have a smoother rolloff into black.
In Lightroom, the exports are brighter in the blacks (slightly brighter than Photoshop, significantly brighter than Brave), to where they almost do not reach true black.

It all goes away and matches perfectly when I return to the Windows default profile.

I am extremely confused as to why this is happening. I've posted on Reddit, DisplayCal, DPReview and now here, but nothing has solved this problem so far.

I really need this to be fixed. I can't just revert back to an sRGB monitor because the extra color information is going to be helpful for proofing purposes.

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NB, colourmanagement

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"It all goes away and matches perfectly when I return to the Windows default profile."

Do you mean that you set the Windows default display profile and it solves the issues?

That would perhaps suggest an ICC profile issue?

Just in case you're having an issue with DisplayCal's profiles, why not test (free 14 day demo) basICColor display, it is considered by many to be the pinnacle of display calibration utilities, it works with the good sensors.

I hope this helps
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TheDigitalDog

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Is it possible you've made a V4 (version 4) profile? If so, make it again using V2; some products don't play well with V4 profiles, and they don't do anything at all useful.

If not, it could be a GPU issue in one of the Adobe products. Disable that in preferences; any difference?

Lastly, it could simply be a corrupted display profile.

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"

Etienne SurretteAuthor

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The ICC version is 2.2 on all of my profiles. That is the same as V2 correct?

No luck with the GPU options.

I made six or so different calibrations, some with XYZ LUTs, some with multiple curves, and one with a single curve. All come with their matrices, of course. Same issue. It even does this on my Dell XPS with a 100% AdobeRGB monitor, which also qualifies as wide gamut I think.

Etienne SurretteAuthor

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Hi everyone. I have a real weird one for you. Windows user.

I created an AdobeRGB color spectrum and an sRGB color spectrum for testing.

On my calibrated wide-gamut monitor using a displaycal LUT + matrix, these spectrums look different in different color managed programs.

In Photoshop and ImageGlass (my image viewer using my monitor profile), the exports are dark in the blacks.
In Brave (a Chrome-based color managed browser) and Instagram (powered by Edge and also color managed) the images are darker than Photoshop/ImageGlass and have a smoother rolloff into black.
In Lightroom, the exports are brighter in the blacks (slightly brighter than Photoshop, significantly brighter than Brave), to where they almost do not reach true black.

It all goes away and matches perfectly when I return to the Windows default profile.

I am extremely confused as to why this is happening. I've posted on Reddit, DisplayCal, DPReview and now here, but nothing has solved this problem so far.

I really need this to be fixed. I can't just revert back to an sRGB monitor because the extra color information is going to be helpful for proofing purposes.

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