Windows 10: Automatically manage colour for apps.

The issue revolves around a Windows feature called ‘ACM’ Automatic Color Manager for applications. When I activate this feature, the display appears excellent initially, but after waking up the laptop from sleep or a restart, the screen inverts as shown in the attached image. A Dell technician mentioned that it might be a Windows 11 software defect. Kindly visit my linkedin post for further details : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/garimella-ravi-teja-1b2931183_windows11-delltechnologies-g155530-activity-7153719608749817857-MqRU?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopNote:I am using

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Does Microsoft Photos UWP app not support colour management?

I have noticed that when viewing a set of JPEGs in Photos UWP app that they appear overly saturated and with extra contrast. I saved the JPEGs from RAW files as 8 bits per channel in the sRGB colour space (with colour space embedded) with either Adobe Camera Raw or Photoshop.

When I look at the saved JPEGs in Adobe Bridge or open them up again in Photoshop they look correct.

Interestingly, when I view the original RAW files in Photoshop and then turn on Soft Proofing with the Soft Proof Setup targeting the Monitor RGB profile the image in Photoshop now appears the same as the JPEG does in Photos UWP app. It's stated in the Photoshop documentation that the Monitor RGB profile simulates display of the document on the monitor as it would appear without colour management. So this leads me to conclude that Photos UWP app is not colour managing my photos.

Why is Photos UWP app not respecting the colour profiles of my photos? Does Photos UWP app not support colour management?

Interestingly the JPEGs seem to appear to have relatively accurate colours in the Photos UWP app on other devices namely laptop and phone.

The machine I am experiencing the problem on is a colour managed machine, calibrated and profiled with a Spyder Pro 4. I'm wondering if the profile created by the Spyder Pro 4 is not being accepted by the Photos UWP app...

UPDATE:

Viewing the photograph in Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer or setting it as the desktop background the photograph appears overly saturated and with excess contrast just as it does in Microsoft Photos UWP app. However viewing the photograph in Chrome or the legacy Windows Photo Viewer it looks natural and the same as it does in Adobe software. Are Microsoft apps/OS using one Colour Engine, Adobe using a different Colour Engine and Chrome using yet another Colour Engine?

 

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Mail app Windows 10

Hello HeyOnyo, I’ll be assisting you.

Do you have a Windows theme set which automatically changes the colour of the taskbar & menus when the wallpaper changes? This may explain why the colour changes within Windows Mail app.

To change the colour choose a light or dark as well as the settings below:

Step 1: Click on Settings icon in the bottom left part of the app.

Step 2: From the menu that appears, click on Personalization.

Step 3: From the list of colors under Preview, select the color of your choice and you’re done.

I hope this helps.