Find and Apply ICM/ICC Profiles Easily!

Finding ICM/ICC profiles are very nice to have, as it can increase color accuracy on your monitor. Here's how you can easily find ICC profiles, and how you can apply them!

Table of Contents

Finding Profiles

RTINGS

  1. Go to the RTINGS website and search for your monitor in the search box at the top.

RTINGS search

  1. Once you find the correct page for your monitor, press Ctrl F on your keyboard and type "ICC". You should find a profile for said monitor.

RTINGS ICC search

PC Monitors

  1. Go to the PCMonitors.info website and find your monitor review by brand and model.

PC Monitors website

  1. Scroll down near the end of the review. If they provide an ICC/ICM profile, you'll usually see a link in the calibration section. Download it from there.

NotebookCheck

  1. Visit NotebookCheck and search for your monitor.

NotebookCheck website

  1. Scroll down until you find your monitor's exact model.

NotebookCheck model

  1. Press Ctrl + F and search for ICC. Then, click on the link.

NotebookCheck ICC link

DisplayCAL Profile Database

  1. Check the DisplayCAL Profile Database website. Then, click on the search bar and search your monitor's exact model. After that, click on the menu that opens up on the right.

DisplayCAL database

  1. Click on the little download icons of your preferred color profile and you're done.

DisplayCAL download

Manufacturer

Sometimes your monitor comes with a disc that has the ICC profile file in it. If it doesn't, then you can also look on your monitors webpage for it. Just Google [Monitor Brand] [Monitor Serial Number] Downloads.

Google

Just Google [Monitor Brand] [Monitor Serial Number] ICC/ICM Profile and pray.

Applying Profiles

  1. Press Win R on your keyboard and paste C:\Windows\system32\spool\drivers\color. Make sure your profile is saved there.

Color folder

  1. Press Win R on your keyboard and paste colorcpl. This menu should show up.

Color Control Panel

Choose the right monitor before continuing!
Monitor selection
  1. Select Use my settings for this device.

Use my settings

  1. Select the color profile you downloaded and click OK.

Profile selection

  1. Select your color profile from there and set it as your default profile, and select Done.

Set as default

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