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I have the same problem. The colors in my graphics are much brighter on the computer at my house than they are at work. I've tried adjusting the monitor but, I have to admit, the colors still look dark at work. Since the monitor calibration didn't work, I'm not sure how to solve the problem but I'd be interested if someone has an answer.

I ran into this a while ago and came to the sorry conclusion that the darkening monitor was due to age. When new, the monitor was fine. But as it aged, the "brightness" bar had to be dialed up until over time even that wouldn't correct the image. I certainly hope there is a better way to fix the problem. But it may just be the ravages of time.

That's a good suggestion, but both my computers are under a year old. One is a flat screen (the dark one). Maybe that makes a difference.

I've had a similar problem, except for me the laptop's colors look much better than the desktop's. On the old desktop the pictures looked much darker than on the laptop. I actually found mistakes in some of my pictures when I looked at them on the laptop - I couldn't see these at all on the desktop. Now we have a new desktop computer (CRT monitor) and for me the colors look too washed out on this one! I tried to calibrate it, but the contrast setting is already at maximum, so I can't change that. It's better now than before, but the colors still don't look as sharp and saturated as I'd like.

You might want to try setting the black point for your monitor: push all your icons as far into a bottom corner as you can to minimize interference with the following: Eliminate all ambient light in the room (do it at night if you have to) Go to your monitor menue and decrease the desktop size to about 50% (you should have your desktop centered and a black area around it). Change your desktop color to black. You'll see a difference between the "desktop" and the "background" and block off those icons from view with your hand or something. Crank the contrast all the way to 100%. Now adjust the brightness down to where you can barely see a difference between the "desktop" and "background" and make sure it's "barely, hardly, almost none g. Return your desktop to normal.

I think that's just one of the dangers of doing computer art; monitors fall out of calibration over time, CRT monitors show colors differently than LCD, and no one has quite the same settings. One of the recent images I did, I messed with the lighting and brightness forever to get it just right, then realized my monitor needed to be recalibrated. Now it looks all washed out to me. :{

Yes, I'm having the same problem as Sue88. I work and work and work on an image, and when I see it on the laptop I see a bunch of mistakes I literally did not see on my PC monitor, and the whole image looks de-saturated and.. "washed out". So do I get a new moniter? Lol

Sometimes as Im working on an image I adjust the Brightness contrast of a version in a graphics pakage just to see what things show up at different settings its surprising what can show up on a diffrent monitor that might be briter than the one im using. It helps me to catch some of the mistakes.

Same here. I have one computer for art work, not on the internet. The colors look great.(this is the newest one) Then my computer for the internet, my same pictures look very dark, when I post them here?

Hi guys I worked in a pawn shop for 5 years, I got screwed too :( But one thing I learned was to center the monitor dials If the screen was dark we would not buy it- the monitor is going out, shot, broken. Time for a new one.

In my case, it's not that the monitor is dark; it's that the graphics I do look darker on my work monitor than they do on the monitor at my house. And calibrating didn't really solve the problem. Of course I've always been a little different. :/

This is always a problem. The infinite combination of calibrations, video cards and monitors makes exact matching a real problem. About 6 months ago, I purchased a video card and flat screen monitor with a digital connection. For me this seems to have made a big difference as there is no calibration to do and my work looks much the same on other monitors.

I used to struggle and struggle with monitor calibrations. Eventually (after three warranty re-placed cheap monitors) I learnt the lesson that a quality (aka expensive) monitor should have been higher on my list of PC priorities. Five years on, I've no regrets.

Monitors aren't the only things that see colors different, browsers look at colors different too. Here's the exact same thing on both IE (forground) and Netscape (in back)

I've never used Netscape, so I can't comment there, though I do find the difference interesting. My earlier comments were really directed at general universal poor quality screen displays (especially with limited contrast options). I still far prefer CRT monitors to flat screens, and I ended up purchasing a very high quality (sony) 17" monitor for about 100 more than I could have bought a generic 19" monitor (where temptation was pointing me). That's really what I meant to say about the expense being worth it. My monitor is even now, still as good as new.

No two monitors are ever going to be exactly the same. I have two Sharp 19" LCD's on my workstation at home. Both were purchased at the same time (the serial numbers are only off by 5 so they were manufactured at about the same time) and both are running off of the same dual monitor video card. Both have been calibrated and are using the correct monitor profiles. And there is still a slight difference in color appearance between the two. When you add different computers, monitors and video cards/drivers into the mix color matching just gets worse. Wait until you try to add printing to the mix. It gets even more fun.