Expensive new monitor (Dell Ultrasharp U3223QE) but now Develop mode way too saturated. Help!

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February 1, 2025
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I recently went from a $100 used LG monitor to a $1000+ Dell Ultrasharp U3223QE, pre-calibrated monitor. I was excited, until...

My photos now look way too saturated in the develop module. I have spent hours reading other people's posts and understand that the color profile used in Library and Develop are different. But they are SO different that I don't know which is "correct" and I don't know which one I should edit to make look good.

I wouldn't care so much, except that the issue doesn't go away when I export the jpgs. They look like the less saturated version when I view them in Windows explorer, but revert to the more saturated version when I upload them to my website (and view them in Chrome).

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최고의 답변: Per Berntsen

The issue is most likely caused by a defective monitor profile installed with the monitor, or by a Windows update.

Dell is notorious for making low quality monitor profiles that are defective out of the box.

You have a wide gamut monitor, and the normal advice would be to try setting the monitor profile to Adobe RGB.

Dell doesn't specify Adobe RGB coverage for your monitor, but specifies 98% coverage for DCI-P3.

So – as troubleshooting and as a possible temporary fix, try setting the monitor profile to DCI-P3.

If this fixes the issue, you should calibrate the monitor with a hardware calibrator, which will also create and install a custom monitor profile that will be more accurate than DCI-P3.

There's also a possibility that this is a GPU issue, but try changing the monitor profile first.

Close all color managed software, like LrC, Photoshop and web browsers.

Press the Windows key + R, type colorcpl in the box and press Enter.

Add the DCI-P3 profile, then set it as default. (the screenshot shows sRGB, but use DCI-P3)

GoldingD

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pre-calibrated monitor.

Hmm, I have this very same monitor, I never noticed that statement. And I never looked for that. Ahh, you mean this:

"The Dell UltraSharp U3223QE monitor comes factory calibrated for color accuracy, gamma, and greyscale. It includes a report in the box that details the calibration for the sRGB, Rec. 709, and DCI-P3 color gamut modes. "

What do you use for monitor calibration? A Datacolor SpyderX, X-rite i1 Display Pro, or similar?

Hopefully one of the members that have skills in calibration will reply. Ah, I see one has.

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naomi_5283작성자

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I don't use any monitor calibration tools, which is why I chose this monitor. I assumed it would have accurate colors right out of the box, so I wouldn't have to worry about adjustments—since that's not my expertise. I guess I was wrong!

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Jao vdL

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Yes. It is very rare that monitors are correct out of the box. That is only true for very high end stuff. The Dell stuff definitely isn't and needs calibration no matter what the box says. If you are not ready to buy a calibrator, the thing to do is to set the monitor using its controls to one of the mentioned color modes such as sRGB or DCI-P3 and in windows associating sRGB or display P3 with the monitor. This should at least get rid of the problem of shifting color saturation that is usualy caused by defective monitor profiles that Dell likes to include in its windows drivers (very surprising but very consistently they are corrupt). You really need a calibrator with one of these if you want to be able to trust what you see though but selecting a standard profile in color management on your monitor properties should make your main problem go away. But really you can't get around needing actual calibration.

Per Berntsen

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