Our Color Accuracy Tests | monitor color accuracy
Whatitis:Monitorscoloraccuracybeforeafullcalibration.Themeasurementsaretakenwiththeout-of-the-boxsettings.Thepicturemodethatgivesthebestuncalibratedresultsisnormallychosen.Whenitmatters:Allvideoonanuncalibratedmonitor.Thisrepresentsmostpeoplesuses.Coloraccuracydefineshowwellamonitorcanreproducecolorsandshadesasintended,anditaffectswhateverwereviewing.Althoughmostpeoplewontnoticeslightlyinaccuratecolors,itcouldgetdistractingwhenthecolorsareveryinaccurateandyoureseeingorangewhenyouresupposedto...
What it is: Monitors color accuracy before a full calibration. The measurements are taken with the out-of-the-box settings. The picture mode that gives the best uncalibrated results is normally chosen.
When it matters: All video on an uncalibrated monitor. This represents most peoples uses.
Color accuracy defines how well a monitor can reproduce colors and shades as intended, and it affects whatever were viewing. Although most people wont notice slightly inaccurate colors, it could get distracting when the colors are very inaccurate and youre seeing orange when youre supposed to be seeing red. You could have the best-performing, 4k monitor with the latest features, but if the color accuracy is off, you wont see content the way its supposed to.
We measure color accuracy on a monitor twice: once pre-calibration, only changing a few settings, and a second time after a full calibration. Since ful...