Mini test

Calibrate your monitor to ensure its colours do justice to your shots

Ensure that your monitor’s colours are spot-on with our selection of fantastic calibrators

You’d have thought monitors would come preset to display their best, and to be fair, an average user viewing holiday snaps will probably be happy with default settings. But what if you want more, or better? By using a colorimeter on your screen and firing a selection of colours at it, any colour discrepancies can be detected and your computer then programmed to compensate its colour output for the traits of your monitor. Sure, no amount of calibration can make a mediocre monitor into a dream display, but you’ll know what you have will be at its best.

Deciding which calibration device is best can be a tricky, as we can only rely on the colorimeter’s eye to assess the colour accuracy of a calibrated monitor. We do quote Delta-e colour deviation from ideal (zero) colour, these measurements are made using one of the devices being tested, so take scores with a pinch of salt.