Reds appear darker

[XxPoNaGeXx]

Reds appear darker on my PC than what they do on my phone screen.,

Heres an example in pictures, not sure if it helps..

 

[dark_lord69]

The screens are different, you should expect to see some differences.

 

[XxPoNaGeXx]

The screens are different, you should expect to see some differences.

Yeah I understand that, however colours appear really dark on my PC screen, I tried adjusting gamma contrast etc and can't fix it

 

[Solandri]

(Assuming the phone's colors are correct, since you cannot adjust the colors on most phones.) Have you tried adjusting the gamma in Windows, rather than on the monitor?

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/calibrate-monitor-windows-10

Also check to see if your GPU has adjustment settings. I know Intel integrated graphics for one has pretty flexible gamma adjustments.

If you're unable to tweak the screen's colors to your liking via the monitor, Windows, and GPU adjustments, then you're going to have to buy/borrow/steal a colorimeter. Ask any friend who does professional art, photo, or video work - they probably have one or have access to one. You place it on your screen, it measures the colors coming off the screen, has you adjust contrast and brightness, and generates a color profile that counters the idiosyncrasies of your particular monitor. Your friend will have to install software to do this, but can uninstall the software after the profile is generated.

When you load that color profile into Windows, your video card modifies the colors it sends to the screen so that the "correct" color is actually displayed. e.g. If Windows is trying to display 210 Red, but the colorimeter measured that sending the monitor 210 Red actually displayed 187 Red, and that sending the monitor 232 Red actually displayed 210 Red, then your GPU will map the 210 Red Windows sends it into 232 Red to be sent to the monitor. This will result in the monitor displaying what is really 210 Red. There are two caveats however.

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  ■ Windows only applies the color profile in desktop mode. Most apps which take over the screen (e.g. games) dump the color profile in the process. So your games will still have too-dark colors. Your best recourse is still to tweak the controls on the monitor's settings to try to generate better colors, as those will be applied all the time to everything.
  ■ Most people complain that the colors on a properly calibrated monitor are too pale. People like punchy colors, and Microsoft and monitor manufacturers have been happy to oblige them. As a result, the colors you see on most monitors are exaggerated (oversaturated). When you profile the monitor and see correct colors, they look relatively muted and pale. So you may not be happy with the result of a properly calibrated screen.