The symptom is likely to occur after update of incompatible monitor driver, especially on
Samsung LCD flat panel monitor driver update via Windows Update. The cause for the error is the usage of incorrect color profile for the monitor in Color Management setting.
To solve the problem and restore normal colors in Windows Photo Gallery, you can try one of the resolutions below. All actions will be done at Color Management tab, which is accessible by right click on Desktop, and select
Personalize on the contextual menu. Click on
Display Settings link in the Personalization menu. In the Display Settings window, click on
Advanced Settings… button. Then click on
Color Management tab, and finally click on
Color Management… button. You will need to select (tick)
Use my settings for this device to be able to remove, change or set new color profiles.
The first workaround is by removing any existing ICC or WCS color profiles that are been associated with all display devices or monitors. Else, you can also try to change the default color profile for your system’s monitor to sRGB IEC61966-2.1, simply by clicking on
Add, and then select
sRGB IEC61966-2.1 from the list of profiles installed on system. After adding, click
Set as Default Profile button. Exit from all dialogs and reboot your computer, and the color problem on Windows Photo Gallery is fixed.
If your system doesn’t have sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile under the ICC Profiles, you can download the color profile from
Adobe. Unpack the zip file, the right click on each of the .icc files in the
RGB Profiles and
CMYK Profiles folders (or simply just the one you need to use) and click “
Install Profile” on context menu to install the color profile to system.
