My Photoshop has a weird yellow tint over everything

[default4l9telfhfm4a]

For some reason every time I open photoshop there is a weird yellow/tan filter over everything, not just the image, but it doesn't actually apply to the image when I export.

Attached is a screenshot of what a blank white image appears as in photoshop and the same image as a png.

As you can see it appears tan for some reason, is there a reason for this? Is there a solution for this?

[Dimitry31496362em80]

I have had this issue myself, and if you turn off HDR, it's going to go back to normal. You can also just install Photoshop Beta since it does not care about HDR.

[Connie120]

I don't have HDR in Photoshop CS5. Any other possible solutions?

[DoubleSupercool]

Yeah, I got a new Dell Ultrawide recently and only Photoshop has an issue with it. Color Profiles don't do anything. Turning HDR off and then on again in control panel fixes it.

[defaultm3bpuin8c8xg]

As of yesterday (after a forced reboot and Windows upgrade?), I am having the exact same issue as the original poster's question, which I am not convinced was ever directly answered.  The issue is not with the color cast in the image being edited; the issue is that there is a yellow/tan color cast on the entire application, including the menus, etc -- the entirety of the Photoshop window.  But it is only Photoshop; Lightroom is fine.   

[NB, colourmanagement net]

@defaultm3bpuin8c8xg 

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 early versions of Windows "Photos”*, because in those early versions colour management is not implemented, so, such programs are incapable of providing accurate image display.

*Windows "Photos” does do colour management now and has for a while, but beware early versions and other apps that are non colour management compliant.

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.

[or Press the Windows key + R, type colorcpl in the box and press Enter]

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.

 

[DoubleSupercool]

Again, while this MIGHT have something to do with profiles, for many (most) people it seems to relate to HDR, Windows 11 and the latest release of Photoshop. My ENTIRE Photoshop 24 interface goes yellow. Photoshop 2023 doesn't. No other Adobe Suite app does this. No other pro app, period, does this. To me that says Photoshop 2024 is wrong.

[gabagoblin]

Agreed. HDR off and, after some hardware readjustment, photoshop is back to normal. 

Guess it's time for a mac 😞

[Darko360043344zcy]

I think...its photoshop taking the nighlight option from windows and applies it
Try disabling it.

I never though of this, cause on export the image color looks proper(using Nvidia texture tools plugin)

[NB, colourmanagement net]

Please try what I suggested above in "display profile issues on Windows" and report back

I hope this helps
neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right'
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[James2792849220ik]

I have the same issue. I have tried adding the Adobe RGB (1988) under ICC Profiles (Advanced) - that is where the HDR Calibrated profile is from Windows. This has no impact and Photoshop remains yellow on HDR mode.

As the others have noted, illustrator does not have this issue. See menus are yellow tinged in PS but not in illustrator, so it is clearly a photoshop issue with HDR for some bizarre reason

[John22561942xonz]

I found this page as I have the same problem after purchasing a 2K monitor. I found switching off the HDR tab in the Windows settings/display done the trick. 

[James2792849220ik]

Turning off HDR is not the answer. The whole point of HDR is to give you depth of color so turning it off defeats the object of having a more expensive monitor. The problem is clearly with Photoshop settings 

[Bizz5C27]

Worked for me immediately, thank you!