Ips Monitor seems discolored

Hello, I bought


a new monitor for my computer and
I notice that my new ips monitor (in-plane switching monitor) seems discolored compared to the VA monitor (Vertical Alignement monitor) that I previously had. The old VA monitor used to display vivid green trees, vivid red ground while the new ips monitor displays greyed images (trees are too dark, red grounds are dark like blood, everything is discolored).
I already activated HDR in Windows, wich partially helped, images are a little more colored but not enough as they should be.

Is it true that ips monitors are natively less vivid than VA monitor ? or is there some more settings? I am using a very good NVidia Graphic Card, and the densitu color is 10 bits.
Thanks.

Hi TimTim4play. What is the make & model of your monitor?

The new monitor is LG 32GR93U.The old monitor was Acer Nitro QG271bii.

The rating for the LG 32GR93U-B model on Rtings.com looks good overall.

It’s verdict on HDR is:
"The LG 32GR93U is decent for HDR, but it has limitations. While it displays a wide range of colors and gets bright, small highlights don’t pop against the rest of the image, and not all colors are vivid. It also has a low contrast ratio that makes blacks look gray in the dark, and the monitor lacks a local dimming feature to improve the contrast.

The monitor has a high rating for Color Accuracy, but note the caveats in the review. Have you download & tried out the Rtings.com ICC profile for the monitor? It might make a difference.

Download and install monitor driver.
LG_ULTRAGEAR+__32GR93U.zip
Run file named Setup.exe

Also add ICM profile named LG ULTRAGEAR+.icm
Right-click LG ULTRAGEAR+.icm > Install Profile

Restart PC

What about monitor settings?

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The monitor driver has been already installed, and the LG ULTRAGEAR+.ICC profile has been already installed and set to default

I already checked monitor settings. Using "Vivid " in Game mode is NOT the solution since it oversaturates colors without to give real brightness or real vivid colours. The general frame remains greyish with oversaturated colours.

I think the LG 32GR93U is natively with this color. You can’t change it.
Anyway, it is not very bad colour. Need only to get used to it. I think it’s only a variant like when old CRT TV used to have PAL, SECAM images.

Probably ips screens are less bright and less vivid than VA screens.

Play with manual color settings.

Below LG 27GL850-B (IPS) manual color setting, HDR off
Photo taken with an iPhone 14 - standard photographic style.

Wouaouuuh!
How did you get this colour? HDR off?
Photografic style?
Very beautiful.
I run right away to my home and try it.

via monitor settings

Yep

iPhone 14 photographic style smth like natural.

I did settings as you recommended. And I got this

Better than before - play with settings mate (saturation).
Edit
Reset nvidia settings and uninstall nvidia geforce experience.

edit2

Important is user manual > TROUBLESHOOTING
(page 33)

The display colour is abnormal.
Does the display appear discolored
(16 colours)?
• Set the colour to 24 bit (true colour) or higher. In Windows, go to Control Panel > Display > Settings > Color Quality.

Apply changes

(The settings may differ depending on the operating system (OS) you use.)
Does the display colour appear unstable
or monochrome?
• Check if the signal cable is connected properly. Reconnect the cable or reinsert the PC’s graphics card

I tried everything but I am not satisfied.
I will return the Screen. Thanks for all your help.

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