Huge color difference in LR Develop Tab vs LR Web Tab - please help!

[Ania5D7C]

I'm reaching to hopefully get some insight to a recent problem I'm having with LR! I'll finish editing my photos in the Develop tab, switch over to the Web tab (inside LR) and the colors are incredibly off: way too saturated and orange compared to what I see when I'm in Develop. The colors I see in the Web tab of LR are much more similar to what I see in my online gallery hosting site as well as my iPhone, so I think the issue is with the Develop window. I understand there will always be slight variations in how the colors display across different programs, however, why would they be displayed SO differently in the same program?! I then have to go back into Develop and blindly desaturate until it looks acceptable in the Web tab. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[johnrellis]

"This means that very likely the pre-built profile from the monitor was corrupt."

...or technically compliant with the ICC standard but not interpreted correctly by LR.  Over the years, I've never seen authoritative evidence one way or the other whether such manufacturer-supplied profiles are standards-compliant.   There have been reports that some v4 and/or LUT profiles from calibrators with good reputations didn't work with LR, leading to the received wisdom that LR can't handle v4 profiles or perhaps v4 LUT profiles; so perhaps there are ICC-compliant features the manufacturer profiles use that LR can't handle as well.

This doesn't affect what @Ania5D7C should do to increase the likelihood of success: recalibrate to produce a v2 matrix profile.

[johnrellis]

"I've set the monitor profile as directed in that link, and sure enough, all 3 windows in LR are now the same, with the graphics processor set to Auto in LR."

I agree with @Jao vdL's next steps.

There are so many things that can go wrong with LR color management: an older version of Windows 11. previewing exported photos on older Windows apps, a buggy graphics driver, bugs in the Web module in older LRs, incompatible or corrupt manufacturer profiles, v4 and/or LUT-based profiles. So it's important to troubleshoot carefully and methodically. 

[Ania5D7C]

Thank you all. I will be looking into a newer calibrator 🙂 I appreciate all the help and wisdom!