Monitors for Graphic Design and Artists

[Smabi]

Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a good day!

My wife is an aspiring artist who makes mostly digital using an Ipad, whens she is crossing referencing her designs and drawings from her tablet to a monitor the colours are dull compared to the Ipad. 

I want to get her a monitor that will give her some better colour accuracy when cross referencing from her tablet.

 

Any advice on what i should look for when picking a monitor and do you have any suggestions on monitors I could get. 

Not looking to go crazy with the budget so I would say anywhere between   €150- €300

 

Many thanks 

Smabi  

 

[Stahlmann]

The problem is that we don't know what color space the iPad is showing off. Without knowing that, we can't recommend a matching monitor. But if you just want an accurate monitor, you have two options:

 

Option 1:

The (imo) worse option is to go with a pre-calibrated monitor. The issue here is that they're often still not calibrated to a professional standard, while you still have to pay for the calibration process. Plus, monitor colors can "drift" slightly over time, meaning it won't be accurate forever.

 

Examples of such a monitor would be any of LG's UN-series or Asus' ProArt models.

 

Option 2:

The (imo) better option is to buy a colorimeter and calibrate your monitor yourself. By using a colorimeter, you can get pretty much every IPS monitor out there to perfect professional levels of color accuracy in the sRGB/rec.709 color space, or even the wider D65-P3 / Adobe RGB color spaces if the monitor has such a wide color gamut.

 

An example of such a device would be the Calibrite Display SL.
And DisplayCAL is great free software to accompany the device.

 

And here is a small guide if that's the route you're going:

 

That being said, it won't get you any closer to matching the iPad if the iPad isn't accurate to begin with.