Can I buy a monitor for photo editing that shows colour like print?
by Jack Schofield from Technology | The Guardian on (#47N7Z)
Pa wants the screen image to be true to the print image, but his budget is only 300
I read your answer about the best computer monitor for under 200. I'm looking for a monitor for serious photo editing. I want to get as true to what the print will be like (when printing via online printers). My budget is about 300. Pa
Sad to say, prints can never look like screen images. Screens are bright and display colours using combinations of red, green and blue pixels (RGB). Prints don't light up so they can't have the same brightness or contrast range, and they're printed using cyan, yellow, magenta and black inks (CMYK).
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