OT: How to adfjust monitor color?

I have an HP p930 19" CRT monitor. I'm using the 'NVIDIA Display
Optimization Wizard' on my XP Home PC with the aim of improving the
display appearance. Mid-way through, I'm totally baffled by this
section about Color Temperature. These are the instructions on this
page of the 'wizard':

"Setting the color temperature, or chromanicity, on all your displays
to the same value will give you the same shade of white. 6500K is a
widely used setting to accurately represent white.

Using the controls on your displays, set the color temperature to the
value that most accurately represents white to you. It is recommended
that you apply the same setting to all displays.

When you have set all your displays to the same value, click Next."

This seems to be making the assumption that I'm using multiple
'displays' (Monitors), yes? But nowhere mentions the presumably much
more common single monitor scenario, which is the case here.

OK, I then found the PDF manual, and see this:
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1144/hpp930coloursyj6.jpg

But that's as clear as mud to me. What are these three 'Colors1',
'Colors2' and 'Colors3' meant to be? Do they refer to 3 possible
monitors? I've used the monitor menu buttons to get to that section,
and my current settings are:
Colors1 9300 (extreme left)
Colors2 6500 (midway)
Colors3 5000.

In all 3 cases, R, G and B are set to 50.

Could someone step me through the procedure from this point please?
I'm sure it will be embarrassingly obvious, but right now I'm lost!

-- 
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Terry Pinnell wrote:
> I have an HP p930 19" CRT monitor. I'm using the 'NVIDIA Display
> Optimization Wizard' on my XP Home PC with the aim of improving the
> display appearance. Mid-way through, I'm totally baffled by this
> section about Color Temperature. These are the instructions on this
> page of the 'wizard':
>
> "Setting the color temperature, or chromanicity, on all your displays
> to the same value will give you the same shade of white. 6500K is a
> widely used setting to accurately represent white.
>
> Using the controls on your displays, set the color temperature to the
> value that most accurately represents white to you. It is recommended
> that you apply the same setting to all displays.
>
> When you have set all your displays to the same value, click Next."
>
> This seems to be making the assumption that I'm using multiple
> 'displays' (Monitors), yes? But nowhere mentions the presumably much
> more common single monitor scenario, which is the case here.
>
> OK, I then found the PDF manual, and see this:
> http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1144/hpp930coloursyj6.jpg
>
> But that's as clear as mud to me. What are these three 'Colors1',
> 'Colors2' and 'Colors3' meant to be? Do they refer to 3 possible
> monitors? I've used the monitor menu buttons to get to that section,
> and my current settings are:
> Colors1 9300 (extreme left)
> Colors2 6500 (midway)
> Colors3 5000.
>
> In all 3 cases, R, G and B are set to 50.

9300k is Blue cloudless north sky (looks brighter and many folks set it as 
normal but they may be wrong unless there in a North facing room with lots 
of windows during the day)
6500 k is normal daylight white balance ( this will be what your camera is 
using and this will allow you best to asses the colour's in you image to 
match what you normally see )

5000k is like the average room with a mix of daylight and Some tungsten 
light or even Daylight tubular lighting as found in open plan offices Good 
if you are working in that enviroment.

So all in all the best whith balance to use is 6500K.

>
> Could someone step me through the procedure from this point please?
> I'm sure it will be embarrassingly obvious, but right now I'm lost!



-- 
Trev
You can always tell a Yorkshire man,
But you can't tell him much. 

"Trev" <trevbowden@dsl.pipex.cominvalid> wrote:

>
>Terry Pinnell wrote:
>> I have an HP p930 19" CRT monitor. I'm using the 'NVIDIA Display
>> Optimization Wizard' on my XP Home PC with the aim of improving the
>> display appearance. Mid-way through, I'm totally baffled by this
>> section about Color Temperature. These are the instructions on this
>> page of the 'wizard':
>>
>> "Setting the color temperature, or chromanicity, on all your
displays
>> to the same value will give you the same shade of white. 6500K is a
>> widely used setting to accurately represent white.
>>
>> Using the controls on your displays, set the color temperature to the
>> value that most accurately represents white to you. It is recommended
>> that you apply the same setting to all displays.
>>
>> When you have set all your displays to the same value, click
Next."
>>
>> This seems to be making the assumption that I'm using multiple
>> 'displays' (Monitors), yes? But nowhere mentions the presumably much
>> more common single monitor scenario, which is the case here.
>>
>> OK, I then found the PDF manual, and see this:
>> http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1144/hpp930coloursyj6.jpg
>>
>> But that's as clear as mud to me. What are these three 'Colors1',
>> 'Colors2' and 'Colors3' meant to be? Do they refer to 3 possible
>> monitors? I've used the monitor menu buttons to get to that section,
>> and my current settings are:
>> Colors1 9300 (extreme left)
>> Colors2 6500 (midway)
>> Colors3 5000.
>>
>> In all 3 cases, R, G and B are set to 50.
>
>9300k is Blue cloudless north sky (looks brighter and many folks set it as 
>normal but they may be wrong unless there in a North facing room with lots 
>of windows during the day)
>6500 k is normal daylight white balance ( this will be what your camera is 
>using and this will allow you best to asses the colour's in you image to 
>match what you normally see )
>
>5000k is like the average room with a mix of daylight and Some tungsten 
>light or even Daylight tubular lighting as found in open plan offices Good 
>if you are working in that enviroment.
>
>So all in all the best whith balance to use is 6500K.
>
>>
>> Could someone step me through the procedure from this point please?
>> I'm sure it will be embarrassingly obvious, but right now I'm lost!

Thanks Trev. So do I just ignore those R/G/B settings. i.e. leave them
all at 50. And I gather that these 3 Colors1, 2, 3 are just choices
then? I select one (or alter it to some other value), and that's the
one that gets applied?

-- 
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Terry Pinnell wrote:
> "Trev" <trevbowden@dsl.pipex.cominvalid> wrote:
>
>>
>> Terry Pinnell wrote:
>>> I have an HP p930 19" CRT monitor. I'm using the 'NVIDIA
Display
>>> Optimization Wizard' on my XP Home PC with the aim of improving
the
>>> display appearance. Mid-way through, I'm totally baffled by this
>>> section about Color Temperature. These are the instructions on
this
>>> page of the 'wizard':
>>>
>>> "Setting the color temperature, or chromanicity, on all your
>>> displays to the same value will give you the same shade of white.
>>> 6500K is a widely used setting to accurately represent white.
>>>
>>> Using the controls on your displays, set the color temperature to
>>> the value that most accurately represents white to you. It is
>>> recommended that you apply the same setting to all displays.
>>>
>>> When you have set all your displays to the same value, click
Next."
>>>
>>> This seems to be making the assumption that I'm using multiple
>>> 'displays' (Monitors), yes? But nowhere mentions the presumably
much
>>> more common single monitor scenario, which is the case here.
>>>
>>> OK, I then found the PDF manual, and see this:
>>> http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1144/hpp930coloursyj6.jpg
>>>
>>> But that's as clear as mud to me. What are these three 'Colors1',
>>> 'Colors2' and 'Colors3' meant to be? Do they refer to 3 possible
>>> monitors? I've used the monitor menu buttons to get to that
section,
>>> and my current settings are:
>>> Colors1 9300 (extreme left)
>>> Colors2 6500 (midway)
>>> Colors3 5000.
>>>
>>> In all 3 cases, R, G and B are set to 50.
>>
>> 9300k is Blue cloudless north sky (looks brighter and many folks set
>> it as normal but they may be wrong unless there in a North facing
>> room with lots of windows during the day)
>> 6500 k is normal daylight white balance ( this will be what your
>> camera is using and this will allow you best to asses the colour's
>> in you image to match what you normally see )
>>
>> 5000k is like the average room with a mix of daylight and Some
>> tungsten light or even Daylight tubular lighting as found in open
>> plan offices Good if you are working in that enviroment.
>>
>> So all in all the best whith balance to use is 6500K.
>>
>>>
>>> Could someone step me through the procedure from this point
please?
>>> I'm sure it will be embarrassingly obvious, but right now I'm
lost!
>
> Thanks Trev. So do I just ignore those R/G/B settings. i.e. leave them
> all at 50. And I gather that these 3 Colors1, 2, 3 are just choices
> then? I select one (or alter it to some other value), and that's the
> one that gets applied?

123 are white balance r 0 g0 b0 will be white but at the white balance ie. 
it could be white but as warm white or cold white but its still white.

-- 
Trev
You can always tell a Yorkshire man,
But you can't tell him much.