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Macbook pro 16 screen turns saturated after wake from sleep

It's easy to replicate this issue as it only happens when the Radeon GPU is active. I always set up my bottom left hot corner 'Put Display to Sleep'. Just put the display to sleep wake up again and the screen goes back to normal. Takes a second. I'm dead sure it is a software issue.
 
I am also experiencing the same issue. Please watch my youtube video and other videos on the channel.
 
New MBP 16, 10.5.3 Have done some more testing/research and for me I've found the issue only occurs when the discrete GPU is active and the screen saver is something other than Drift. The discrete GPU becomes active if you are running an app that requires it like (Photos, iMovie, etc) or you have disabled GPU switching in the Energy Saver Prefs in which case it's always on or if you have an External Monitor connected as this I believe requires the discrete GPU to be active. So for me as long as I use the Drift screensaver the problem does not occur.

So think it's a problem either with legacy screensavers not behaving properly (Drift is new to Catalina) as I think screensavers have become sandboxed in Catalina OR a graphics card driver issue

You can determine which GPU is running by checking About this Mac and the Display tab, or getting an app called gswitch (search: gswitch macOS) Also Activity monitor , Energy Tab, has a field: Graphics card which when made available to display will show you which apps are using the discrete GPU.
 
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I've had my MBP 16" for about a month now.

I also:
  1. Am running 10.15.3 (19D76)
    • 2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
    • 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
    • Graphics:
      AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8 GB
      Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
  2. Have been using that new, Drift, screen saver from the start (...I'll admit though, I didn't know there was so much graphics-card science behind the decision).
  3. Migrated all data/settings from my previous MBP using Migration Assistant (...since I couldn't install and restore as Mojave 10.14.x - thanks a lot, Bin Laden)
  4. Have hot corners set up to intentionally activate the screen saver when I need to walk away for a bit.
  5. Use a 2K external monitor connected via a Thunderbolt 3 to DisplayPort cable.
    • This never happened with my other MacBook Pro, using the same monitor and cable - sans the USB-C adapter, of course (ya, it's that old).
  6. Don't see any processes using the discrete GPU, according to Activity Monitor (...BTW - good tip, @matrix42 )
    • I just woke the computer up and barely anything is open/running anyway.
  7. Still don't see results from my strongly-worded recommendation to Apple for a crayon color called Morning Wood in the color picker.
...get that ridiculous, over-saturated screen when it wakes up. Embarrassed when I have to toggle the screen off/on in front of clients. Ah, yes, forgot to mention my own, little fix is to just turn off and on again.

All that cash later and I still don't really see a vast improvement over my old, 2013 MacBook Pro. In fact, it's WORSE - I didn't read the fine print telling me that I'm totally screwed out of the Adobe Creative Suite products I've been rockin' for years still use. ...but I digest. What a waste of money.
 
mighty.sparrow said:
I've had my MBP 16" for about a month now.

I also:
  1. Am running 10.15.3 (19D76)
    • 2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
    • 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
    • Graphics:
      AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8 GB
      Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
  2. Have been using that new, Drift, screen saver from the start (...I'll admit though, I didn't know there was so much graphics-card science behind the decision).
  3. Migrated all data/settings from my previous MBP using Migration Assistant (...since I couldn't install and restore as Mojave 10.14.x - thanks a lot, Bin Laden)
  4. Have hot corners set up to intentionally activate the screen saver when I need to walk away for a bit.
  5. Use a 2K external monitor connected via a Thunderbolt 3 to DisplayPort cable.
    • This never happened with my other MacBook Pro, using the same monitor and cable - sans the USB-C adapter, of course (ya, it's that old).
  6. Don't see any processes using the discrete GPU, according to Activity Monitor (...BTW - good tip, @matrix42 )
    • I just woke the computer up and barely anything is open/running anyway.
  7. Still don't see results from my strongly-worded recommendation to Apple for a crayon color called Morning Wood in the color picker.
...get that ridiculous, over-saturated screen when it wakes up. Embarrassed when I have to toggle the screen off/on in front of clients. Ah, yes, forgot to mention my own, little fix is to just turn off and on again.

All that cash later and I still don't really see a vast improvement over my old, 2013 MacBook Pro. In fact, it's WORSE - I didn't read the fine print telling me that I'm totally screwed out of the Adobe Creative Suite products I've been rockin' for years still use. ...but I digest. What a waste of money.
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Just wondering if you have the issue if you are not using an external display? Also you may want to try not running the screensaver (set it's start time to never) and see if the issue is still there. I do not use an external monitor and so far as long as I use the Drift saver or if use a different saver as long as the discrete GPU is not active I'm good.
 
I've noticed this on my 2019 13" too. It goes away soon as you log in with Touch ID. It's definitely some Catalina bug.
 
I have the opposite problem where the screen is sometimes totally "washed out" or overly bright looking after waking it from sleep (no external monitor attached).

Putting it to sleep and waking it up sometimes fixes it. Turning off automatic brightness and then moving the brightness slider up and down fixes it. It's very annoying.
 
Had this happen on our second 16" which arrived today. Never seen it on any other one of our laptops so am hoping its just a software issue...
 
This is the ONLY problem I'm having with my new 16. It doesn't have horrible coil whine, crazy fans when connected to a 4k display, T2 crashes, etc.

It's happened twice, once connected to an LG Ultra fine at the office (the ultra fine was saturated while the laptop screen was not) and once at home, just on laptop.

I use the awesome Aerial screensaver.
 
Itada said:
I have the opposite problem where the screen is sometimes totally "washed out" or overly bright looking after waking it from sleep (no external monitor attached).

Putting it to sleep and waking it up sometimes fixes it. Turning off automatic brightness and then moving the brightness slider up and down fixes it. It's very annoying.
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I had this same EXACT issue today. The screen was totally washed out and the only way I was able to resolve it was restarting my computer.

True Tone has glitches post-sleep in Catalina it seems...
 
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Hope its software. Have the same problem (including sometimes screen staying black on boot).

Really happy with the hardware so hope its not a replacement down the line. Have AppleCare so going to sit it out and hope for a software fix
 
Same problem here, happened dozens of times already. I've noticed the effect occasionally happens to the external monitor as well.

I'm pretty sure I remember this happening without an external display as well, but when using the discrete GPU.
 
This happens to me every single time I connect to a projector, which is unfortunately several times a day at work. As others have said, I can fix it by selecting the colour profile in display preferences. But it's rather annoying.
 
My problem mostly went away but then came back. Seemed to be linked with a screen saver kicking in.

When i switched the screen to sleep before screen saver kicks in then it's a lot less of an issue. YMMV
 
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Pbwj said:
I'm not sure if this is a 16" problem but when my wake my computer from sleep, every once in a while my display looks super saturated and dark. I can fix the issue by going into display > color > and selecting the color LCD display profile. However it seems like it keeps on happening from time to time. Anyone else experiencing this issue?

Thanks!
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This happens to me occasionally when hooked to my lg 5k and I awaken it from sleep.
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Matt Cobb said:
Happens to me as well, usually when plugging into an external display.
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I know I’m late, but same here.
 
poorcody said:
I've seen this maybe three times in the two months I've had the 16". Messing with Color Profiles fixes it for me as others have said.

Also have been having a lot of problems lately with my Ultrafine 5K not waking up after the screen goes to sleep. Happens more often than not. Not sure it is related, but... Started a couple of weeks ago. Only thing that fixes that is an unplug or reboot.
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Same problem here. Always have to plug the Monitor on/off
 
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Happened to me twice before, fixed it with turning off True-Tone and then turn it on.
 
I just go System Preferences -> Displays -> Colour and change the profile to something else and then back to Colour LCD to fix it. Odd. I thought it was originally f.lux-related or Accessibility-related but seems to be affecting many people.
 
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