Richard Hughes
richard@hughsie.com
Michael Hill
mdhillca@gmail.com
Ekaterina Gerasimova
kittykat3756@gmail.com
Calibrating your screen is important to display accurate
colors.
How do I calibrate my screen?
You can calibrate your screen so that it shows more accurate color. This
is especially useful if you are involved in digital photography, design or
artwork.
You will need either a colorimeter or a spectrophotometer to do this. Both
devices are used to profile screens, but they work in slightly different
ways.
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Make sure your calibration device is connected to your computer.
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Open the Activities overview and
start typing Settings.
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Click on Settings.
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Click Color in the sidebar to open the panel.
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Select your screen.
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Press Calibrate… to commence the
calibration.
Screens change all the time: the backlight in a TFT display will halve in
brightness approximately every 18 months, and will get yellower as it gets
older. This means you should recalibrate your screen when the [!] icon
appears in the Color panel.
LED screens also change over time, but a much slower rate than TFTs.