Monitor settings
The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change
how your document looks on-screen. You can calibrate your
monitor's color regimen in
Color. Additionally, your monitor color temperature influences how
"warm" or "cool" the colors look.
Several of the Color Matching options make reference
to your monitor's Color Temperature. Many modern
monitors allow the color temperature to be adjusted
using the monitor's control panel.
There are several settings found on a typical monitor:
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• 5000k
or D50
Warmest; yellowish lighting, typically used in graphics arts
environments.
• 6500k or D65
Cooler; approximates daylight conditions.
• 9300k
Cool; the default setting for many monitors and television
sets.
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k = degrees Kelvin, a measurement of temperature
How your software application displays color
Some graphics applications such as Macromedia Freehand or
Adobe Photoshop may display color differently from "office"
applications such as Microsoft Word. Please see your application's
online help or user manual for more information.
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