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ICC Profiles Guide

Finding ICM/ICC profiles are very nice to have, as it can increase color accuracy on your monitor. Here's how you can easily find ICC profiles, and how you can apply them!

Table of Contents


Finding Profiles

PC Monitors

  1. Go to the PCMonitors.info website and find your monitor review by brand and model.
  2. Scroll down near the end of the review. If they provide an ICC/ICM profile, you'll usually see a link in the calibration section. Download it from there.

NotebookCheck

  1. Visit NotebookCheck and search for your monitor.
  2. Scroll down until you find your monitor's exact model.
  3. Press Ctrl + F and search for ICC. Then, click on the link.

DisplayCAL Profile Database

  1. Check the DisplayCAL Profile Database website. Then, click on the search bar and search your monitor's exact model. After that, click on the menu that opens up on the right.
  2. Click on the little download icons of your preferred color profile and you're done.

Manufacturer

Sometimes your monitor comes with a disc that has the ICC profile file in it. If it doesn't, then you can also look on your monitors webpage for it. Just search [Monitor Brand] [Monitor Model Number] Downloads.

Search Engine

  1. Using a search engine of your choice, search [Monitor Brand] [Monitor Model Number] ICC/ICM Profile.
  2. Hope that it's there.

RTINGS (Paid)

This method requires a paid RTINGS membership, which you can purchase here. Make you RTINGS has your monitor first before you pay for it.

  1. Go to the RTINGS website and search for your monitor in the search box at the top.
  2. Once you find the correct page for your monitor, press Ctrl F on your keyboard and type "ICC". You should find a profile for said monitor.

Applying Profiles

Windows

  1. Press Win R on your keyboard and paste C:\Windows\system32\spool\drivers\color. Make sure your profile is saved there.
  2. Press Win R on your keyboard and paste colorcpl. This menu should show up.

⚠️ Choose the right monitor before continuing!

  1. Select Use my settings for this device.
  2. Select the color profile you downloaded and click OK.
  3. Select your color profile from there and set it as your default profile, and select Done.

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