It looks like nobody here has experience calibrating their monitors (myself included). Getting the “correct” colour is rather tricky.
In general, grey should look grey (gray will do, too) and white should look white. But that changes depending on what kind of lights you have around your computer, too. A white paper sitting in front of your computer will always look white to you, whether you are reading by tungsten light, fluorescent light, daylight, or overcast skies. The actual amount of each colour of light that is being reflected by the paper is really quite different. The screen does not change colours with the surrounding light, so you should technically re-calibrate every time the type of light around you changes. 🙂
Having said that, flat screens have always been notorious for not having good colour, and most newer screens will show up brighter than a printed picture. Just to see, try putting a solid colour on your monitor and viewing it form different angles and see if the colour seems to change or if it looks more like a gradient than a solid colour. Even good screens will do this some.
Don’t base your monitor on a single printed picture. Printers also have to be calibrated, and I know some professional photo printers in town that are notorious for getting the colours wrong. Even the better ones suffer from some slight nuances. Some of the less good ones will automatically try to compensate for common problems, and end up creating other problems.
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There are various kits you can get to help you calibrate your screen. Or you can do it manually, like you did.
I don’t know if that helped any…
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