Microsoft Photo Viewer automatically applies yellow tint to photos

Anonymous
2021-07-31T04:07:34+00:00

Microsoft Photo Viewer applies a yellow filter to all images when I try to view them, if I'm skipping between photos quickly there's a short glimpse of the normal photo before the filter is applied.

This doesn't permennantly change the images however it makes it hard to see the quality of the photos. Unlike any previous issues I can find online it's only the photo that's yellowish not the background.

I've tried to fix this by removing the colour profiles and restarting my pc however this didn't help.

I'm currently using windows 10

Thanks in advance,

Harvey

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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Anonymous
2021-08-23T21:05:35+00:00

Ok

now i solved it

I solved following this guide:

  1. go to Colour Management (search in the search folder)
  2. select the monitor you are looking the photo into (IMPORTANT! i did it once and did'nt worked because i was selecting the wrong monitor)
  3. check Use My Profile
  4. remove the current color profile
  5. add a new profile and select sRGB IEC61966-2.1 under ICC Profiles
  6. close and reboot

If you don't whant to remove the colour profile, you can try to add a new one and select it as a default profile.

Hope this help

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-24T16:37:18+00:00

    Yes @Yoram, all three of my connected monitors are set to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and under the Advanced tab, the Windows Color System Defaults section has the Device profile set to "System default (sRGB IEC61966-2.1). The yellow tint continues to appear on all three monitors but only when viewing photos in the MS Photos app. The only time the tint does not display is when editing the image. All other applications show white as white, whereas the Photos app shows white as a yellow tint.

    3 images attached, first one shows Color Management settings, second one shows Photos app while viewing an image (yellow tint) and third one shows the Photos app editing the same image.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-24T16:44:44+00:00

    Yes.. exactly this.

    And this behavior follows to onedrive application on IOS devices as well too.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-25T08:45:59+00:00

    Hi,

    You have attached not the right window of the " color management" .

    look at my right window to set it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-25T08:56:06+00:00

    I've answered you already, but i'll add this link so you can read for the solution more comprehensively https://bityl.co/IrgC

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