I use two different monitors along with a Wacom Cintiq 13HD. The same image looks noticeably different on each screen, and I'd like to get their colors as closely matched as possible. My monitors are an AG Neovo LW22G and an AOC 2470W. I'm working on texture painting and small indie projects, mainly in sRGB, and I'm running Kubuntu 24.04. What settings, color profiles, or calibration tools should I use?
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For texture work and most indie-game art, sRGB is the safest common target unless your software or project specifically requires another color space. Check whether AG Neovo, AOC, and Wacom provide ICC or ICM profiles for these models, then install and assign the appropriate profile to each display in your Linux color-management settings. Make sure your applications support color management too.
Start by resetting every display to its Standard or sRGB picture preset. Then use each monitor’s built-in menu to match brightness, contrast, color temperature, and gamma as closely as you can. The controls are usually accessed through buttons on the side or underside of the screen. This can get them reasonably close, though different panels may never look perfectly identical.
If you need dependable color accuracy rather than just a close visual match, use a hardware colorimeter. It measures each screen and creates a calibration profile, which is much more reliable than trying to match the displays by eye. You can still use the sRGB preset first and calibrate afterward for the best result.
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