Find and Apply ICM/ICC Profiles Easily!

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Finding ICM/ICC profiles are very nice to have, as it can increase color accuracy on your monitor. Here's how you can easily find ICC profiles, and how you can apply them!

Finding Profiles

RTINGS

Go to the RTINGS website and search for your monitor in the search box at the top

Once you find the correct page for your monitor, press Ctrl F on your keyboard and type "ICC". You should find a profile for said monitor.

TFT Central

Go to the TFT Central website and scroll down to "Database Index". From there, select the letter that corresponds to the first letter of your monitor brand.

Then use Ctrl F to find your monitor's ICC profile. Click on the name to download it.

Manufacturer

Sometimes your monitor comes with a disc that has the ICC profile file in it. If it doesn't, then you can also look on your monitors webpage for it. Just Google [Monitor Brand] [Monitor Serial Number] Downloads.

Google

Just Google [Monitor Brand] [Monitor Serial Number] ICC/ICM Profile and pray.

Applying Profiles

  1. Press Win R on your keyboard and paste C:\Windows\system32\spool\drivers\color. Make sure your profile is saved there.
  2. Press Win R on your keyboard and paste colorcpl. This menu should show up.

Choose the right monitor before continuing!

  1. Select Use my settings for this device
  2. Select the color profile you downloaded and click OK.
  3. Select your color profile from there and set it as your default profile, and select Done.
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Pub: 18 Aug 2022 22:18 UTC
Edit: 18 Aug 2022 22:20 UTC
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