Hue tint when using Windows Photo Viewer – FIX

I have had this problem with two computers running both Windows Vista and Windows 7.

All seem to be when I am using my Samsung monitors through DVI port.

The reason is because Photo Viewer uses a color profile that is not properly calibrated. The easy fix is to switch the color profile to the standard IE color Profile…

Step 1: Go to your “Color Management”

Easiest way to find “Color Management” is the start menu search box.

Step 2: Select your monitor

Step 3: Check “Use my settings for this device”

Step 4: Click “Add” and select “sRGB IEC61966-2.1″

Step 5: Set as “Default” and close out

Your photo viewer should look normal now.

13 Comments

• By Joan Parker, July 24, 2009 @ 2:37 am

  Thanks for posting about this, I would like to read more about this topic.

• By Jeff, August 8, 2009 @ 9:05 pm

  hey thanks i’ve been looking for this fix for a while now.

• By Reinhard, August 17, 2009 @ 9:47 pm

  Quite useful thankyou. I’ve always wondered why it’s all wrong.

• By Dan Antonielli, August 18, 2009 @ 7:30 am

  Glad I could help you guys.

• By Jamie, August 25, 2009 @ 10:30 am

  Awesome! good job youve put the instructions on here or i wouldnt have figured it out..
  Why cant they just use sRGB as default in the first place? or is it just a problem with Samsung monitors?

• By Obaerg, September 1, 2009 @ 10:18 am

  Thank you so MUCH! this helped me alot much appreciate

• By Dan Antonielli, September 1, 2009 @ 4:13 pm

  Are all of you using Samsung monitors?

• By Trish Van Horn, November 18, 2009 @ 6:14 pm

  thank you thank you thank you that yellow background was driving me crazy

• By Cigsace, November 27, 2009 @ 7:25 pm

  Thank you…this fixed the problem and was very easy to follow. BTW, I have 2 Samsung monitors and it appears to be unique to this manufacturer.

• By Albert, December 9, 2009 @ 2:19 pm

  I am also using a Samsung monitor (2033SW Plus) and I had this problem as well… But luckily your fix worked for me, thanks!

• By lostsole, December 29, 2009 @ 11:13 pm

  I was having the same issue with my Acer monitor (p241w), so it’s not just Samsung. The same fix worked for me. It’s been bugging me for quite a while.

  Thanks!!!

• By Pepe, March 10, 2010 @ 10:06 pm

  Hello. I just noticed this problem today, did a web search, found this page, and fixed the problem. Thanks.

  By the way, my monitor is a Dell ST2310, which was using “Dell ST2310 Color Profile”, so it’s not just Samsung monitors that have a default screwy color profile. I still wonder why it seemed only Windows Photo Viewer is affected. I guess my other apps ignore the color profile.

  Also, I could swear that I didn’t have the problem until today. Today was the first time that I used my scanner, maybe that altered the color settings somehow.

• By Mark Adamcik, March 11, 2010 @ 9:52 pm

  Thanks! Works great! now I can look at with Windows 7 and not picasa all the time.

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