Sep-17-2022, 07:03 AM
Hi Skaperen,
You touch on one of the biggest probs in digital photography.
The apparatus that took the pic, the one that shows the pic, the one that prints the pic,
are all different.
I have an Eizo screen with a built-in "spider" that once in a while "recalibrates" itself, providing
you switch off the room lights.
To answer your question: if (pure) white does not look white to you, the rest of the colors must also be off by a fraction.
You do not mention the viewing software, but eg. most photo softwares have a color picking tool.
As you hover over the whites, it should say +/- RGB 255,255,255 or thereabout. If it has an
overdose of something else, you can say: this is white, click, and everything is proportionally straightened out.
Red is also notoriously difficult.
And, ... if it looks right on the screen, it will not necesarily print right.
Paul
You touch on one of the biggest probs in digital photography.
The apparatus that took the pic, the one that shows the pic, the one that prints the pic,
are all different.
I have an Eizo screen with a built-in "spider" that once in a while "recalibrates" itself, providing
you switch off the room lights.
To answer your question: if (pure) white does not look white to you, the rest of the colors must also be off by a fraction.
You do not mention the viewing software, but eg. most photo softwares have a color picking tool.
As you hover over the whites, it should say +/- RGB 255,255,255 or thereabout. If it has an
overdose of something else, you can say: this is white, click, and everything is proportionally straightened out.
Red is also notoriously difficult.
And, ... if it looks right on the screen, it will not necesarily print right.
Paul
It is more important to do the right thing, than to do the thing right.(P.Drucker)
Better is the enemy of good. (Montesquieu) = French version for 'kiss'.
Better is the enemy of good. (Montesquieu) = French version for 'kiss'.