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• A monitor can display very vivid colours such as intense reds
and blues and these cannot be easily produced on any
printer using toner or ink. Similarly, there are certain colours,
(some yellows for example), that can be printed, but cannot
be displayed accurately on a monitor. This disparity between
monitors and printers is often the main reason that printed
colours do not match the colours displayed on screen.
Viewing Conditions
A print can look very different under different lighting conditions.
For example, the colours in a print may look different when
viewed standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they
look under standard office fluorescent lighting.
Printer driver colour settings
The driver settings for Manual colour can change the appearance of
a print. There are several options available to help match the
printed colours with those displayed on screen.
Monitor settings
The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change
how your document looks on-screen. Additionally, your monitor’s
colour temperature influences how “warm” or “cool” the colours
look.
There are several settings found on a typical monitor:
• 5000K Warmest; yellowish lighting, typically used in graphic
art environments.
• 6500K Cooler; approximates daylight conditions.
• 9300K Cool; the default setting for many monitors and
television sets. (k = degrees Kelvin, a measurement of
temperature.)