I bought a new Dell LED monitor several days ago. A friend told me that
I should probably adjust the color. He didn't say how, but I did find a
MS site that has a lot of words about color adjustment. There's an
implication that the color can be set optimally, but no button on the
site that I can presently see that will do it. It has the standard
monitor buttons to adjust color/contras and a few multimedia whatever.

Comments?

W. eWatson wrote:
> I bought a new Dell LED monitor several days ago. A friend told me that
> I should probably adjust the color. He didn't say how, but I did find a
> MS site that has a lot of words about color adjustment. There's an
> implication that the color can be set optimally, but no button on the
> site that I can presently see that will do it. It has the standard
> monitor buttons to adjust color/contras and a few multimedia whatever.
>
> Comments?

Your video software / drivers do that.
Right click on your desk top and open the vid settings and see.

On 24/10/2011 00:16, W. eWatson wrote:
> I bought a new Dell LED monitor several days ago. A friend told me that I should probably adjust the color. He didn't say how, but I did find a MS site that has a lot of words about color adjustment. There's an implication that the color can be set optimally, but no button on the site that I can presently see that will do it. It has the standard monitor buttons to adjust color/contras and a few multimedia whatever.
>
> Comments?

Monitor calibration can be tricky. A lot depends on how far you
want to go; If you want to ensure you see the same colours on
screen, printer and from a scanner, it takes a lot of effort.
Here's a good page to learn about some of that, together with
calibration images to help.
http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html

HTH
--
Rob

On 10/24/2011 6:12 AM, Rob wrote:
> On 24/10/2011 00:16, W. eWatson wrote:
>> I bought a new Dell LED monitor several days ago. A friend told me that I should probably adjust the color. He didn't say how, but I did find a MS site that has a lot of words about color adjustment. There's an implication that the color can be set optimally, but no button on the site that I can presently see that will do it. It has the standard monitor buttons to adjust color/contras and a few multimedia whatever.
>>
>> Comments?
>
> Monitor calibration can be tricky. A lot depends on how far you
> want to go; If you want to ensure you see the same colours on
> screen, printer and from a scanner, it takes a lot of effort.
> Here's a good page to learn about some of that, together with
> calibration images to help.
> http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
>
> HTH
It's not critical to me, but thanks for the link. I'll take a look.

On 10/23/11 9:53 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
> Your video software / drivers do that.
> Right click on your desk top and open the vid settings and see.

Some do, some don't. :-)

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Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 7.0.1
Thunderbird 7.0.1
LibreOffice 3.3.4

On 10/24/11 9:34 AM, W. eWatson wrote:
> On 10/24/2011 6:12 AM, Rob wrote:
>> On 24/10/2011 00:16, W. eWatson wrote:
>>> I bought a new Dell LED monitor several days ago. A friend told me that I should probably adjust the color. He didn't say how, but I did find a MS site that has a lot of words about color adjustment. There's an implication that the color can be set optimally, but no button on the site that I can presently see that will do it. It has the standard monitor buttons to adjust color/contras and a few multimedia whatever.
>>>
>>> Comments?
>>
>> Monitor calibration can be tricky. A lot depends on how far you
>> want to go; If you want to ensure you see the same colours on
>> screen, printer and from a scanner, it takes a lot of effort.
>> Here's a good page to learn about some of that, together with
>> calibration images to help.
>> http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
>>
>> HTH
> It's not critical to me, but thanks for the link. I'll take a look.

Just to chime in, Rob's reply is right on the money, IMO. Many years
ago, Corel Draw 4 actually provided you with a photograph to use for
color calibration.

--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 7.0.1
Thunderbird 7.0.1
LibreOffice 3.3.4