Monitor White Point-5000 or 6500K?
Monitor White Point-5000 or 6500K?
- Subject: Monitor White Point-5000 or 6500K?
- From: Sean Duggan <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 23:05:41 -0800
Hello all...
I'm trying to get a sense of what people are using/recommending for monitor white point. From what I can gather, there seems to be two camps...6500K and 5000K. Those using the latter are mainly concerned with matching press proofs that they're viewing under a 5000K viewing box. I use 6500 in a profiled and color managed workflow and do mostly photography-related imaging and have had no problems. Yet I have one colleague who swears that anything other than 5000K is heresy and I should not even think of recommending 6500K to photographers. My sense is that he is not working in a fully profiled environment and is still relying on last minute visual tweaks to match a proof.
I realize that 5000K is still considered a "standard" for press work, but how relevant is that in a color managed digital photo studio? 5000K on a monitor looks much more yellow (too yellow for my tastes) than transparencies on a 5000K light box or a print in a viewing booth. I'd certainly appreciate any feedback on this issue. I'm trying to put together recommendations and information for a photography program (both fine art and commercial).
Thanks!
--Sean Duggan
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