Windows 10: Desktop washed out when HDR is on.. but only after boot

Hi all,

As in title, desktop looks terrible when using HDR. reds look orange, etc. "washed out" seems to express this phenomenon well. this always happens after boot. turning the monitor off & on fixes the problem, as does opening Display Settings and turning HDR off & on.

Quite annoying - any ideas would be great!

Windows version 2004(OS Build 19041.508)

Thanks~~

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HDR and Washed out colors

Turn on dynamic full range for your GPU




Turn off the HDR crap in Windows:



If a game supports HDR, like Mass Effect Andromeda, it will automatically detect your TV supports it and switches it on, and you can verify it is on in the settings of games that support HDR, usually it will say on or off.

And lastly it will all depend on what kind of HDR your screen supports: HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, Dolby Vision and Advanced HDR by Technicolor.

 

HDR and Washed out colors

Does your monitor have any software for it?
Check the support page for new divers, color calibration software, and the ICC profile istaller.

That reminds me, check in control panel to make sure you have the color profile set for that monitor, and not some Windows default one like sRGB.
Both my monitors have the ICC color profiles set

 

HDR and Washed out colors

What's up guys so my new monitor is HDR compatible however whenever I enable HDR in games, it makes them look terrible. The colors are super washed out, the brights are dull and the blacks are boosted to like a grey-ish. I've updated the monitor firmware and installed the latest driver for it. Right now, my normal color settings look more HDR then HDR it's self, lol. I've tried 3 games- BF5, FC5, and AC Odyssey. All with the same results.