Colors different on desktop than in Photo Viewer and PShop

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I'm at a loss here. After looking everywhere I could I still have different colors on my Windows desktop and in Photo Viewer and Photoshop. I load an image and set it as the background on my primary monitor, an Asus ProArt PA246Q. Then I load the same image in Photo Viewer and they're totally different. I've set the monitor to display sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and set the same color profile in Photoshop and I think I've set the same color profile in Windows. However things still look radically different Monitor Test.jpg As you can see, the reds are totally gone, saturation is very low.
Any help I would so appreciate.
Rod
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    INTEL|CORE I7 5930K 3.5G 15M
    Motherboard
    ASUS|X99-DELUXE LGA1150
    Memory
    32G Corsair DDR4 2800mghz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS|R9280X-DC2T-3GD5
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus ProArt PA246Q & HP w2207h
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 each
    Hard Drives
    2- Samsung 500gb solid state
    5- WD 2tb
    PSU
    EVGA|1200W 220-P2-1200-X
    Case
    CORSAIR|VENGEANCE C70 WHT
    Cooling
    CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i
    Mouse
    Wacom Tablet
    Browser
    Chrome
Most likely you will need to calibrate your display. Desktop is always going to be different from what you see in various programs.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Mint 17.2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C850D-st3nx1
    CPU
    AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics 1.40 GHZ
    Memory
    12GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon™ HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    Crucial M500 240GB SSD
    Mouse
    Logitech M525
    Internet Speed
    45/6 - ATT U-Verse
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    None needed. It is Linux.
    Other Info
    Arris NVG589 Gateway; Router - Cisco RV320; Switch - Netgear GS108 8-Port Switch & Trendnet TEG-S50g 5-Port Switch; Access Points - Engenius ECB350, Trendnet TEW-638APB; NAS - Lenovo ix2-4; Printer - Brother HL-2280DW; Air Print Server - Lantronix XPrintServer

    A/V UPS - Tripp-Lite Smart 1500LCD 1500 Va/900 W.
I have calibrated the desktop several times with Huey Pro

I have calibrated the desktop several times with a Huey Pro, do you have a suggestion of something else to use?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    INTEL|CORE I7 5930K 3.5G 15M
    Motherboard
    ASUS|X99-DELUXE LGA1150
    Memory
    32G Corsair DDR4 2800mghz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS|R9280X-DC2T-3GD5
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus ProArt PA246Q & HP w2207h
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 each
    Hard Drives
    2- Samsung 500gb solid state
    5- WD 2tb
    PSU
    EVGA|1200W 220-P2-1200-X
    Case
    CORSAIR|VENGEANCE C70 WHT
    Cooling
    CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i
    Mouse
    Wacom Tablet
    Browser
    Chrome
Nothing else, other than what I stated, that colors inside programs like Photoshop, etc, are going to appear differently than what Explorer shows for the desktop.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Mint 17.2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C850D-st3nx1
    CPU
    AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics 1.40 GHZ
    Memory
    12GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon™ HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    Crucial M500 240GB SSD
    Mouse
    Logitech M525
    Internet Speed
    45/6 - ATT U-Verse
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    None needed. It is Linux.
    Other Info
    Arris NVG589 Gateway; Router - Cisco RV320; Switch - Netgear GS108 8-Port Switch & Trendnet TEG-S50g 5-Port Switch; Access Points - Engenius ECB350, Trendnet TEW-638APB; NAS - Lenovo ix2-4; Printer - Brother HL-2280DW; Air Print Server - Lantronix XPrintServer

    A/V UPS - Tripp-Lite Smart 1500LCD 1500 Va/900 W.
rdeditor said:
I have calibrated the desktop several times with a Huey Pro, do you have a suggestion of something else to use?
Click to expand...

If you want try calibration in control panel under Display. Make adjustments to monitor settings. Some monitors are pre calibrated.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme 1502 (GX1502)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 5820K 3.30 GHZ 64 bit 6-Core Processor
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-X99-UD3
    Memory
    G.Skill 16GB Quad Channel DDR4-2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ DDR5 4GB
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster ZxR 5.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS PA24Q 24" Pro Art IPS LCD/LED Backlit 1920x1200
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200 16:10
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG 850 EVO 250GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal SSD,
    Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal SSD,
    WD WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 3.5 Internal HDD
    PSU
    EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 750W 80 Plus Gold Full Modular
    Case
    AZZA Cosmas Black Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Cool Master Hyper 212 Evo Dual 120mm, ( 2) Noctua PWM 120mm Case Fans (1) Gelid PWM 120mm Blue LED
    Keyboard
    Logitech K800 Illumiated Wireless Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball
    Internet Speed
    84mbps /94mbps
    Browser
    Mozilla Firefox 41.0.1 / Microsoft Edge/ IE 11
    Antivirus
    Norton Security 2015
    Other Info
    Pioneer BDR-209DBK 16x Blu-Ray Burner, LG 24x Dual Layer DVD Burner,
    StarTech Front Bay 22-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Multi Media Memory Card Reader,Logitech Z906 5.1 Speaker system
I don't have an answer for you, but I can say that the same application MS Photo Viewer on mine gives the same colour rendition as the Windows desktop.

You clearly must have done something to the way Applications display a colour.

It's obviously not the monitor calibration. Windows desktop and the Application are using the same display screen, so any calibration would affect both the same.

In the Windows Colour Management I have changed nothing, basically because I only understand colour profiles, and a few basic things about colour calibrating a monitor like gamma, RGB adjustments, black levels etc.

The Devices Tab I follow, but the other 2 Tabs All Profiles Tab, and Advanced Tab are beyond me i.e. left on the defaults.

I can see from Windows that I have calibrated the monitor and the sRGB profile has been modded, and indeed I have gone thru the Windows colour calibration, the Printer is set to sRGB.

However there is at least two things here involving colour calibration.
1. Windows, and 2. The Graphic Card Driver.
I don't use Photoshop but that might introduce yet another layer for colour calibration, some Applications do.

A simplistic person like me would uninstall Photoshop and see what happens. You can see where I'm going with this, trying to find the right area.

Those are my simplistic thoughts FWIW.
 

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