This tutorial will show you how to change the color profile of a display for your account in Windows 11.
Calibrating a display will create a new color profile for the display where the calibration tool is located.
You can manually assign different color profiles to different display devices, creating a uniform color experience across all of your devices.
Reference:
Change display brightness and color in Windows - Microsoft Support
Learn how to change display brightness and color in Windows.
Contents
- Option One: Change Color Profile of Display in Display Settings
- Option Two: Change Color Profile of Display in Color Management Settings
- Option Three: Change Color Profile of Display in Color Management
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Display on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 If you have multiple displays connected to your PC, select the display you want to change the color profile for. (see screenshot below)
4 Under Brightness & color, select an available Color profile you want to assign to this display in the drop menu. (see screenshots below)
5 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Display on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Color profile. (see screenshot below)
4 If you have multiple displays connected to your PC, select the display you want to change the color profile for in the drop menu at the top. (see screenshot below step 5)
5 Click/tap on the Set profile button of an available color profile you want to use for the display. (see screenshot below)
6 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Color Management (colorcpl.exe) icon.
2 Click/tap on the Devices tab in Color Management. (see screenshot below)
3 If you have multiple displays connected to your PC, select the display you want to change the color profile for in the Device drop menu at the top.
4 Check Use my settings for this device.
5 Under Profiles associated with this device select an available ICC profile you want to assign to this display.
6 Click/tap on the Set as Default Profile button.
7 Click/tap on Close.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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