Windows 10: How do I prevent HDR from washing out and being entirely incorrect in supported applications?

In multiple HDR-compatible modern PC titles, HDR is not rendering correctly at all. They appear extremely washed out and outright incorrect even compared to SDR, however only when the game window is Focused. Pressing the Win key to unfocus the game window immediately displays the game correctly, however this isn't usable as the window isn't in focus. Auto-HDR is disabled, RTX HDR is disabled, HDR is enabled before the game is opened, I have tried toggling whilst the game is already open, Display settings are using my full colour bit depth and range, I have a calibrated Windows colour profile,

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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.

 

windows 11 hdr colors are washed out

try disable the HDR

I did watch a video it said SDR is better than HDR because HDR make your color washed out

that his video for reference:



I didn't experience it myself though and no expert answered you so you got YouTube answer

 

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