Color management problem

By the way, are you using Windows 11?

Heres some background on windows 11 issues.

Photoshop call for display profile on Windows 11, the background and info about an forthcoming fix

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/color-management-not-working-with-photoshop-and-windows-11/m-p/12515040#M597338

yamma_ma

Community Beginner , Nov 12, 2021

There are several Win32 API functions to get monitor profiles, but among them, the GetICMProfile and EnumICMProfiles functions have a problem that does not work properly on Windows 11.

Photoshop seems to be using GetICMProfile in the Adobe Color Engine DLL. I guess that's why Photoshop can't get the correct profile of the monitor.

Microsoft now have a fix:

I hope this helps
neil barstow, colourmanagement net :: adobe forum volunteer:: Co-Author:Getting Colour Right
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As "Test Screen Name" wrote "This seems to show that the colour is messed up on your laptop, since it shows it how you want, but everything else does not."

Display profile issues on Windows

Here's something to try

It'll only take a few minutes and is good troubleshooting.

At least once a week on this forum we read about this, or very similar issues of appearance differing between colour managed applications.

Of course you must not expect accurate colour with programs such as Windows "Photos", because colour management is not implemented there, so such programs are incapable of providing accurate image display.

Unfortunately, with Microsoft hardware: Windows updates, Graphics Card updates and Display manufacturers have a frustratingly growing reputation for automatically installing useless (corrupted) monitor display profiles.

I CAN happen with Macs but with far less likelihood, it seems.]

The issue can affect different application programs in different ways, some not at all, some very badly.

The poor monitor display profile issue is hidden by some applications, specifically those that do not use colour management, such as Microsoft Windows "Photos".

Photoshop is correct, it’s the industry standard for viewing images, in my experience it's revealing an issue with the Monitor Display profile rather than causing it. Whatever you do, don't ignore it. As the issue isn’t caused by Photoshop, please don’t change your Photoshop ‘color settings’ to try fix it.

To find out if the monitor display profile is the issue, I recommend you to try temporarily setting the monitor profile for your own monitor display under “Device” in your Windows ‘color management’ control panel to “sRGB IEC61966-2.1”. (If you have a wide gamut monitor display (check the spec online) it’s better to try ‘AdobeRGB1998” here instead as it more closely approximates the display characteristics).

Click ‘Start’, type color in the search box,

then click Color Management. In the Devices tab, ensure that your monitor is selected in the Device field.

You can click to ADD to add “sRGB IEC61966-2.1” (or AdobeRGB1998) if not already listed there.

Again - IF you have a wide gamut display I suggest trying “AdobeRGB1998”

Once it’s selected, be sure to check “Use my settings for this device” up top.

And click on “set as Default Profile - bottom right

Screenshot of Color Management Control Panel

Quit and relaunch Photoshop after the control panel change, to ensure the new settings are applied.

Depending on the characteristics of your monitor display and your requirements, using sRGB or Adobe RGB here may be good enough - but no display perfectly matches either, so a custom calibration is a superior approach.

If this change to the Monitor Display profile temporarily fixes the appearance issue, it is recommended that you should now calibrate and profile the monitor properly using a calibration sensor like the i1display pro, which will create and install its own custom monitor profile. The software should install its profile correctly so there should be no need to manually set the control panel once you are doing this right.

Still got problems?

Perhaps try resetting Photoshop preferences?

Resetting restores Photoshop's internal preferences, which are saved when Photoshop closes. If they become corrupt then various issues can occur.

Here’s some info on how to do that:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html

And

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/quick-tips-how-to-reset-photoshop-preferences/td-p/12502668

You may want to backup your settings and your custom presets, brushes & actions before restoring Photoshop's preferences.

Here is general info that:  https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#BackupPhotoshoppreferences

Also take a look at the following article and check if that helps: 

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/printing-color-management-photoshop1.html

Preferences file location: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/preference-file-names-locations-photoshop.html

It may even be time to reinstall Photoshop.

Its recommended that you use the Adobe CC cleaner tool to remove all traces first.

Uninstall Photoshop BUT make sure to choose the option “Yes, remove app preference”.

Once that process finishes, start the installation process and look into the “Advanced Options”. Uncheck “Import previous settings and preferences” and choose to “Remove old versions”.

I hope this helps

neil barstow, colourmanagement net :: adobe forum volunteer

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never had problems with my colors, except when I accidently switched the color profile in PS.

 

By @Florian23092202vul3

Hi, could you elaborate about that issue in particular?

Could you post the contents of  your color settings?

Photoshop is colour managed which means that it uses both the colour profile embedded in your image and the monitor profile set in your operating system to convert the colour values in your document to those sent to the monitor and accurately show colour.

That relies on two things. First the document having the correct profile and second the monitor profile accurately describing your particular monitor with its current settings. If that monitor profile is broken or you have changed the monitor controls since making the profile then it no longer describes the monitor and colours will display incorrectly. The best way to make a monitor profile is using a hardware solutions such as the i1Display or similar.

Some other applications and browsers are also colour managed and will use those profiles. However others, such as MS Paint are not and do not use the monitor and document profiles. Instead they just send the values direct to screen and display incorrectly. They will look different to colour managed applications. If you are serious about colour, avoid non colour managed applications.

Dave

This seems to show that the colour is messed up on your laptop, since it shows it how you want, but everything else does not. So you're adjusting to match something wrong. So, please tell us about the problem computer (the one where you did the editing) - what is the model? If you use an external monitor, what is the model? What system version? What Photoshop version? Did you calibrate it? What monitor profile is in use? Please answer ALL of these questions, or let us know which of these you would need more instructions to answer. Thanks.