How to Fix a Monitor's Colors

By eHow Computers Editor

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You're looking at your flat panel monitor and the colors are way off. What should be red is bright yellow and what should be blue is a lime green. Unless you have a toddler in the house who likes messing with your monitor's settings, you might be looking at some time and money fixing the problem. Here are some things to do to fix your monitor's colors.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Step1

Make sure you have a high enough resolution, about 1024 by 768 pixels. You may need to upgrade your video card if your current card is not able to handle those settings.

Step2

Set your video card to run in high color mode. This will give you at least 24 bits per pixel. Setting this lower can cause color banding in your graphics and other colors to be off, such as green.

Step3

Let the video card adjust the parameters for your new color settings. Things like screen size and position should be automatically taken care of by most modern video cards. If not, you can manually use the monitor's buttons to set things right. If there has been a problem with the video driver, you may need to reinstall it.

Step4

Adjust your monitor's settings. Try the auto adjust first, then if that doesn't help, fix the individual color settings for tint and color temperature. A daylight color temperature of about 5400K is default in some systems. Other cooler color temperatures of 6500K and 9000K are also sometimes used.

Tips & Warnings

Consider upgrading your monitor if you can't fix the colors. Be sure to check compatibility with your system and video card so you will not have to return anything.