Monitor Saturation Setting

Hi guys, I've had a search around and can't find the answer I'm looking for so thought I'd ask.

I connected my external monitor to my MacBook last night for the first time in a while and was surprised by how much more saturated my images appeared on it compared to the laptop itself and when they are viewed on our PC and those at work.

Now our displays are profiled with a Huey Pro and the colour tones appear the same across the displays but they are simply more saturated on the external display [a Dell 18" Ultrasharp of some description].

The obvious answer is to turn down the saturation on the external display, but to what level? What is "correct", and are there any test charts/patterns for doing this?

Thanks!

What software are you viewing in? Color managed?
What displays?

Hi René

René Damkot wrote in post #7302206
What software are you viewing in?

Mac Elements 6

Certainly should be. sRGB working space, monitor profiles from Huey Pro as mentioned.

MacBook's own display (I know, yuck) with an external Dell Ultrasharp monitor (?1800F or something like that) and also viewed on our Dell desktop + ones at work.

Only the monitor connected to the external output of the MacBook looks garish.

On the Macbook, AFAIK, you can either have the internal or the external display correct: The one you calibrated last.
(At least; when I tried it on a MBP, when the LUT was loaded during calibration, both displays (MBP and external) changed. So I'd say the video card doesn't have a dual LUT.)

Mmmm, usually I'd work with only the external display on and the MacBook lid shut but yesterday I had both displays up so you may well be right on that one René.

The only thing is that both displays show the correctly applied profile in system preferences.

Anyway, I'll try with only the external display when I get home later and will reprofile them both just in case, as I recall reprofiling the MacBook alone a few weeks back and not the Dell and I wonder if that has thrown it somehow.

Thanks for the suggestions!

Well, you were right mate. With both displays up the Dell would appear overly vivid whereas if I only had the Dell on and the MacBook lid shut the Dell would appear correct, so it looks as though I can only have one display up and running accurately at any one time.

Thanks again!