koorui 24e3 fix/color correction settings to help with orange/green tint + white balance/gamma
Posted by heyunoriginal@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 28 comments
so i recently got the koorui 24e3 and while the motion clarity is a nice upgrade (from my asus vg249, the colors made it borderline unusable. after tweaking the colors for a few days, i wanted to share my color settings to hopefully help you enjoy the monitor more. keep in mind this only applies to you, if your monitor also came overly saturated + too much orange/green. apparently from what others have said, this monitor is very volatile when it comes to display color by default. some will get very good colors out of the box, others will get unlucky and have very bad color accuracy and will need to spend time tweaking things.
monitor color settings
brightness:40 (preference, can increase if you want)
contrast 50 (contrast/gamma is more on the white/light side, but will be tweaked in nvidia instead)
r 41 (by default there is too much orange, this brings it down. even though there is an overtint of orange, this monitor actually struggles with actual orange and yellow, always comes out slightly brownish. mostly fixed with the rest of the settings)
g 36 (way too much green by default, this removes most of it, the rest in nvidia control panel to tone it down just a bit more, hard to fully remove though without ruining the other colors)
b 50 (struggles with blues, but turning this up would ruin the rest of the color scheme, mostly fixed with nvidia control panel)
gamma 1 (gamma 2 makes it too dark. although gamma 1 brings too much on the white balance side, but will be toned down in control panel section)
nvidia control panel color settings
color channel: green
brightness 47% (too much green by default, this helps bring it down so blues can come through better)
color channel: all channels
gamma .95 (helps with contrast/darks, there is still a slight white film presence)
digital vibrance: 42% (colors are oversaturated by default, reducing vibrance helps bring it more in line with natural colors. can use anywhere from 41-45%, for my case/preference 42% looked best)
hue: 7% (final thing to bring things more in line with a natural color, removes the slight pink tint)
keep in mind, this is me just eyeballing it, with another monitor for reference (that is mostly color accurate). the only way to get closer would be to use something like colorimeter, which i dont have, but if anyone wants to try and leave their settings for others to use, feel free to do so.
also keep in mind that not all monitors from this lineup come with the same colors, as ive mention earlier. according to what other people have said, some get better colors out of the box, others get worse. in my case, i got a monitor that is overly saturated and has overly strong orange and green tints that completely looks bad. ive managed to get things pretty in line after a few days of changing settings, waitng a day, re tweaking with fresh eyes, waiting, retweaking etc.
very satisfied at this point with the colors and this is closer to a 4.5/5 as a monitor now. hate the fact that i had to do so much trial and error though, but at least i got it to a very useable state from default.
obviously it all comes down to preference, but if youve used any display that is close to color accurate, it is very annoying and almost unusable to have to look at something so badly color tuned. although in this case, with how brightly orange and green it was + the over white balancing film, it borderline would hurt to look at.
hope this helps you with your settings, will update this if i end up changing anything, but things are pretty locked in at this point, again the only way id get closer is with a colorimeter or something.
(also why does the light under the monitor blink constantly when the pc is off, it's so annoying) (you can turn the monitor off by pressing the joystick in, but you have to turn it back on everytime which is also annoying) (covering with black tape is a partial fix)
(also idk what flair to use)
Limi_23@reddit
Even better use an ICC profile (techless youtube have one for 24e3) with full RGB and increase the contrast on the monitor it will shine without oversaturation.
heyunoriginal@reddit (OP)
Interesting, I'll have to try it. Although monitor color variance might still affect it for the overall color in the end, id have to assume
Limi_23@reddit
Indeed color needs to be set r 42 g 37 b 49 on mine to be accurate. The ICC profile does magics on the saturation without it I had no luck since I'm on amd and there is no digital vibrance slider.
Fearless-Tension9384@reddit
nvidia control panel>display>change resolution>3>use nvidia color setting> choose ycbcr422 as color format. your welcome :D
Limi_23@reddit
ycbcr422 is indeed the solution even for amd. It gets rid of oversaturated colors. Way more natural.
Zarney@reddit
THANK YOU, THE HUE SAVED ME. i CHANGED MINE TO 11%.
LatterAd7251@reddit
Please make settings for amd graphics card please.
OfferEducational9496@reddit
With AMD, you just change the color temp to 6500k in the Display tab in settings. That fixed it for me, at least as best I can tell by eyeballing it.
blurrythirteen@reddit
Is your adjustment good enough for things like digital art or photo editing and not so heavy content creation stuffs?
heyunoriginal@reddit (OP)
i would not use this monitor for stuff that requires accurate color editing, but should be fine for casual/non professional use if you dial in the colors of the monitor
StoryLover12345@reddit
Did you try changing the output dynamic range from limited to FULL?
it was in nvidia control panel
Display
-change resolution
----3.Apply the following settings
-------output dynamic range.
--------------change "limited" to "FULL"
please reply if it improves your monitor.
heyunoriginal@reddit (OP)
Mine comes default like that, unless it changes some hidden settings, doesn't seem to do anything
Wzhouiup@reddit
I measured my monitor from Sep. 2023 a while back:
Brightness (120 nits): 70
Contrast: 50
Color -> 'User'
Red: 42
Green: 44
Blue: 50
Everything else default
After calibration with my ColorChecker, deltaE is about 0.3, 94% sRGB gamut coverage, 134% sRGB. But thats with my panel - there will likely be some variance.
ICC profile: https://pixeldrain.com/u/xFxrBrWm
StoryLover12345@reddit
Did you try changing the output dynamic range from limited to FULL?
it was in nvidia control panel
Display
-change resolution
----3.Apply the following settings
-------output dynamic range.
--------------change "limited" to "FULL"
SnooChocolates3333@reddit
can i have the ICC profile link again? link is dead
Wzhouiup@reddit
the pixeldrain link appears to still be up, maybe something on your end is blocking it?
SnooChocolates3333@reddit
oh yes, you're right. Thank you! I just used VPN.
OrangeColaJuice@reddit
Thank you, your Max. dE*00 is really good, some youtuber showed around 10, which was a huge problem, maybe his panel was defective. It has convinced me to buy it.
blurrythirteen@reddit
I'm planning to use your settings, Do I need to use the ICC profile if I already set your settings into mine?
Wzhouiup@reddit
ICC is optional - there is likely panel variance anyway, so it's not necessarily accurate for your monitor.
Ryxero@reddit
Did you also use OP's Nvidia control panel settings?
Wzhouiup@reddit
No. With my settings, use the default AMD/Nvidia color settings. At the end of the day, it will still seem oversaturated due to the larger color gamut volume. If you change digital vibrance or saturation you lose color accuracy - but feel free to change to what you like best
Leather-Fix9615@reddit
Hello guys! Do you also have a problem with too much red in your koorui 24e3? Do you guys have the color settings for it to be slightly or accurate? Thank you!
darktowertr@reddit
When the monitor goes above 144hz, Nvidia color settings are broken. Either the monitor does not support it or there is a problem with the DP cable that came with it. I ordered a new cable. If the problem is fixed, I will write here.
iKemosabe@reddit
Does this setting look good on the 24E4 VA Panel?
jaosky@reddit
I have the same monitor but my Brightness and Contrast Settings are greyed out.
Other say its turn off HDR so I check but my HDR is already off.
SuperKingNebu@reddit
here is the ICC profile for this 24e3 from indonesian monitor reviewer
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VaKGyKqLoOuoheVRSeRse32vuZGof-IL
got it from his review vid desc on yt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgL9KPriVbI
venzelli@reddit
blues are kinda messed up with this icc profile