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Macbook colour calibration....colour on my screen doesn't match my pantone swatch?

Asked by celticcollective (42points) September 18th, 2009

Hi there everyone
I just bought a macbook with an lcd screen and calibrated it (I thought) by using the eyeball system it has in the display folder. I also set my temp at 5500k is this correct? (I was told printers use 5000k?) I set it up in natural light with no glare etc. Thought I had done pretty well until I entered in a rich purple colour combo from my pantone colour bridge swatch. On my screen it was more like a cornflower blue….I know they will print the colour I have allocated from my swatch but it is putting me off my designing as on the screen they aren’t the right colours. Can anyone help?? I know about CMYK and RGB so don’t need details about that just want to get my screen similar to my swatch, my swatch to my screen however you put it…I need help how do I get my colours as similar as possible and what temp should I have it at? Thanks!!

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grumpyfish's avatar

You need one of these:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/649202-REG/Datacolor_S3E100_Spyder3Express_Color_Calibration_System.html

(If you need to match a pantone swatch reliably, you can’t just eyeball the calibration)

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celticcollective's avatar

I don’t have the money to buy a spyder program…as much as I would love to have one…..when I saved my calibration I saved it under a new name so I will be able to reset my preferences but then won’t by the eyeball system make my screen out of calibration????

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