Colours different on CRT and TFT

gord · 5 Sep 2006 at 16:41

This has to be a well known problem in the world of computer graphics that TFTs display brighter colours than a CRT.. so there must be a fix.

Now that i have a TFT and CRT i can see side by side the difference, and i dont like it when my vibrant website looks subdued because of how its being viewed.

I hope theres some quick answer, i imagine i need to limit my palette of colours to some sort of screen safe tones?

Sherbs · 6 Sep 2006 at 15:45

I would also like to know the answer to this, a tft is definitely annoying to work with.

daz · 6 Sep 2006 at 15:53

It's unfortunate, but most TFTs simply do not give an accurate representation of colours and colour saturation compared to CRTs. I really don't think there's a work around, other than to check your website on several different monitors. :/

Augmented · 6 Sep 2006 at 15:54

People using a monitor will be quite used to the contrast, vibrancy and brightness of it, be it CRT or TFT. There's little point trying to get perfect colour matching for a website when the output devices (monitors) are so incredibly variable. I can't really see how there can be a 'fix' for this.

You can quite easily adjust the contrast, brightess and RGB levels on a TFT, just as you can a CRT. Just calibrate the monitor you work on correctly, and ensure contrast between text and the background is sensible.