Fixing incorrect color display

[Lieven]

Hi there! I first thought this was a problem of my monitor, but then I noticed that other pdf viewers display the colors correctly. I'm not complaining about a slight change of color, but every shade of gray is displayed like yellow/brown, depending on its darkness. This is quite annoying, especially with b/w contents. How or where could I fix that? I have already tried changing the display settings, but that doesn't do anything. What is interesting is that this color shift is also visible in my Windows Explorer preview icons. (PDF-XChange 9.2 built 359, on Windows 11)

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[Dimitar - PDF-XChange]

Hello Lieven,

Welcome to our Forum.

Please try this solution:

Symptoms

The colors in the document in the document do not display and print correctly.



Cause

This problem is usually caused by a altered or corrupted monitor color profile.



Resolution


Solution 1: What you can do to resolve the problem is to change the settings in the color profile management console so that the monitor profile is not used.

To access the console you must enter Color Management in the Windows Search tool:

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In the window that will appear you have to select "Use my settings for this device". 

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This will overwrite the monitor's color profile settings with the settings you have in the Advanced tab.






Solution 2: If the above solution does not work, please try removing the color profile entirely:

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Regards.