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Llama

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From: St.-Petersburg, Russia

Registered: 2008-03-03

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LCD color temperature

Hi,

Is there a way to adjust monitor color temperature? As notebooks surely don't have any buttons on the lid, should be a software thing.

Toshiba Satellite L40-14G, KDEmod 4.

Is it possible?

jelly

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 714

Re: LCD color temperature

with xgamma you can change your colour use it in the terminal

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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: LCD color temperature

That's gamma, not color temperature.

(I've been looking for color temp adjustment for a while, as my laptop's screen is excessively blue-tinted... I know other X servers have had it.)

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: LCD color temperature

Ah, here's something that might be useful: argylllcms, a GPL color management system. Might not work with your monitor though. (But it is in the AUR.)

Edit: also, littlecms.

Last edited by Gullible Jones (2008-11-10 12:46:15)

Llama

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From: St.-Petersburg, Russia

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Re: LCD color temperature

Thanks! Enough for starters. I've got an impression, though, that I'd better leave it alone, unless there's no way I can stand my color temperature any longer .

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: LCD color temperature

I've used argyllcms with the one of the cheap Huey colorimeters and it worked pretty well. I don't need professional grade color management, but I understand that argyll can provide this if you have the patience and hardware to get setup.  Note that the target color temp is typically based on the type of work you'll be doing with the system. You can read more about that at the argyll docs page.

edit: spelling

Last edited by iBertus (2008-11-10 19:48:31)

Llama

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From: St.-Petersburg, Russia

Registered: 2008-03-03

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Re: LCD color temperature

Actually I just want my white color white, instead of bluish . There's a monitor handy which is "white" to my taste, so I'd like my notebook to show more or less the same.

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

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Re: LCD color temperature

I suppose you could play around with xgamma and see if you could reduce the blue channel. Note that laptop displays are notorious for having poor color.

Last edited by iBertus (2008-11-12 19:42:44)