In addition to modifying your display's colors using its on-screen display-that is, the buttons and overlay on the monitor itself that allow you to adjust color settings-it may be helpful to install a color profile. Related: How to Calibrate Your Monitor on Windows or Mac But, for professional photographers, and graphics designers, accurate colors are very important. Different monitors may even have slightly different colors depending on the graphics card in the computer they're connected to. Not all computer monitors look identical.

While color profiles are often used for displays, you can also find and install color profiles for a printer to help it print more accurate colors.