Color capability testing for Monitors.

[Watashi]

I did a bit of research into what the sRGB color gambit was. And it seems as though it was created in 1996 to give monitors "x" amount of colors to pick from, granted the hardware is available. Is there any newer standards that are used to measure color, or has this standard updated itself.

I noticed in the video linked below that Linus used the sRGB color gamut to check the validity of a monitors capabilities. Do you guys think that software is good for testing? It seems sturdy to me from what I know (which isn't much.)

What software would you recommend for testing a monitors color capabilities and why?

 

[porina]

You need a hardware device that measures the colours given off by the monitor. Can't do it in software alone. sRGB is kinda the lowest common denominator, and a lot of cheap monitors can't even cover that. There's also AdobeRGB, NTSC, and some newer ones I can't remember the name of. 

 

You should be able to see what it covers from the monitor specifications, although you will usually still need to calibrate it if you care about accuracy and not just coverage. I used to use a Spyder when I did photography more seriously. 

[Watashi]

21 hours ago, porina said:

You need a hardware device that measures the colours given off by the monitor.

What sort of electronic device, and do you know why that using software to measure isn't enough? Is the principal to just get a bit more of an accurate understanding, as the hardware tester and software test are both susceptible to inconsistencies and inaccuracies?

[porina]

2 hours ago, Watashi said:

What sort of electronic device, and do you know why that using software to measure isn't enough? Is the principal to just get a bit more of an accurate understanding, as the hardware tester and software test are both susceptible to inconsistencies and inaccuracies?

You can't only use software because what you have to measure is what light comes out of the monitor. How is software by itself going to do that?

 

Skimming through the video of the screenshot presented, it looks like Linus used a combo of the following hardware and software:

https://www.xrite.com/categories/calibration-profiling/i1display-pro

https://calman.spectracal.com/calman-for-business.html

 

For lower cost, one stop solutions, which might not report as much, I have used an older generation version of:

https://www.datacolor.com/photography-design/product-overview/spyder5-family/

[Watashi]

5 hours ago, porina said:

You can't only use software because what you have to measure is what light comes out of the monitor. How is software by itself going to do that?

 

Skimming through the video of the screenshot presented, it looks like Linus used a combo of the following hardware and software:

https://www.xrite.com/categories/calibration-profiling/i1display-pro

https://calman.spectracal.com/calman-for-business.html

 

For lower cost, one stop solutions, which might not report as much, I have used an older generation version of:

https://www.datacolor.com/photography-design/product-overview/spyder5-family/

I guess I would just think that there would be a software, that could force a computer to produce all possible colored pixels within a given amount of time. And then the software could store those values, and compare them to a chart/table that had all of the possible colors of a given spectrum. I'm not sure how a computer couldn't do that actually