Monitor colors vs. print colors

[nenam478097]

I just recently started using Lightroom CC and just have several photographs printed at two different print shops. All of them are slightly darker and a hair off color from what I saw on my monitor. I have a 2016 MacBook Pro with retina display. I thought maybe it was the print shop at first, but when I had a different print shop do it and 3 of those were all off, then I knew it must be my monitor. I calibrated per the Mac instructions and am shooting in sRGB and put my monitor to that but not sure if there is something else I am doing wrong. I wasn't sure if there is a setting in Lightroom. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

[Sahil.Chawla]

Hi Nenam,

Could you try setting sRGB iec61966-2.1 as the default color profile of your monitor and then relaunch Lightroom and let us know if you see the difference in color?

1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Displays, then click Color.
2. Select a profile from the list on the left.If you have more than one display, assign a color profile using the Color pane that appears on each display.

If you have more than one display, assign a color profile using the Color pane that appears on each display.

Regards,

Sahil

[nenam478097]

Hi Sahil,

Thanks so much for your response. When I sent the photos off to be printed I was, in fact, using Color LCD on the mac for my monitor. Just the other day it dawned on me that it was my monitor and so I calibrated to the sRGB iec61966-2.1. I have not had anything printed since then to compare, but do you think this should be the fix to the problem?

Thank you!

Nena

[nenam478097]

Actually, now I am adjusting with it and since I had switched to the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 calibrated, and then back to the original sRGBIEC61966-2.1 there is also an adjustment (as I'm sure there would be). Do you suggest using the regular one before calibration? Or calibrated one?

[Sahil.Chawla · Accepted solution]

I would suggest reverting to the original sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and then try comparing some new prints with it.

[nenam478097]

Will try that, thanks for your help!