Windows 10: Windows 10 colors randomly change (saturate) after some time

So my grandparents with an antiquated computer (that is currently on win 10) have recently began experiencing the problem that after circa 5-20 minutes of usage (any kind) the colors randomly become extremely saturated and the screen is impossible to read.


Night light and other color modes seem to be turned off, and restarting the computer resolves the problem.


The graphics are integrated; there are no nvidia, intel or amd settings that can be causing the issue.


The monitor was fine until now, and the colors revert after a restart so the monitor is probably not the issue. I tried plugging the cables in and out to no avail.

Does anyone have any idea how the problem can be resolved permanently?


Thanks in advance.




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Color Saturation changes while playing games

Hi Colin,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues with Color saturation on the computer, we will look into this for you. However, in order to get to the root cause of the issue, please reply with the following details:

• Does this issue occur only while playing games?
  
• Have you downloaded the games from Microsoft Store?
  
• What is the make and model of the computer?
  

You can refer the troubleshooting steps mentioned below and see if that helps:



Method 1: Updating drivers



I suggest you to try updating the display drivers and see if that helps. Please follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Press Windows key + X, and select
   Device Manager.
   
2. Expand Display adapters.
   
3. Right click on the display driver and select
   Update Drivers.
   
4. Restart the computer if prompted.
   

Article for reference:
Update drivers in Windows 10.



Method 2: Calibrating Display color Profiles



You can try calibrating the Display Color Profiles as per your requirement and see if that helps. Please follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Type Color Management in the search bar on the
   Taskbar and open it.
   
2. Click on Advanced Tab.
   
3. Click on Calibrate Display, and follow the on-screen instructions to calibrate the display.
   
4. If you want to change the Default system profile, and then click on
   Change system defaults, click on the profile that you want to make default and click on
   Set as default to make the profile as the default profile.
   

For more information on Color Management, you can refer the article
About Color Management.



Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Windows Night Light resets Color Saturation in Intel Graphics Control Panel

Windows Night Light resets Color Saturation in Intel Graphics Control Panel

Steps to reproduce:

Open Intel Graphics Control Panel

Set Color saturation to -15

Apply, OK, Close

Open Windows Night Light

Turn On

Turn Off

Close

Open Intel Graphics Control Panel

Color saturation is back to 0

Dell XPS 9570

Windows 10 1803

Intel 24.20.100.6287

 

How to change color saturation in Windows 10 post-Creator's Update


So, up until the last Win10 update, if anything my colors were a little over-saturated. After the update saturation dropped drastically. A little would have been nice, but this is ridiculous. Everything looks incredibly washed out. The color calibration tool lets me fiddle with gamma, but it doesn't let me change saturation to try and get it back toward where it was before the update. Most of the menus referenced in "solutions" I found on google don't seem to actually exist.

Does anyone know how to change windows 10 color saturation?