MBP 16, warmer screen, white point calibration question

[inimeg81]

Hey guys - one of my pet peeves when it comes to purchasing anything with an LCD is the color temperature of the monitors. I'm not a fan of the piss yellow and it seems more n more that even with True Tone off that Apple is somewhat defaulting to this setup more often. I've been through two MPB 16 now and have one that was slightly cooler than the last but still not as white/blue when comparing to my IPP 11-- I know they are different LCDS.

Here is my question. If I raise the temperature in display calibration slightly, say to 6900k, it gives it the whiter/bluer tone I'm looking for, but am I ruining the rest of the color calibration? It seems the red/blue/green values stay the same. I'm only raising the kelvin 400k from the native 6500k point, but it makes a big difference in my eyes as fa as the white I'm looking for.

This screen isn't defective or I think poorly tuned, it's just a bit warmer when comparing to my IPP and I like my screens on the white side.

Thanks.

 

[mouthster]

On a second 16" (returning base i7 because I got a better deal on the base i9) and they both have very warm screens. Comparing it to my work laptop (2019 15" i9) it's very apparent. On both 16s I've seen some weird sudden True Tone shifts - I wonder if there's a software bug.

 

[am2am]

I have the same question. Like OP I've adjusted white point from native to around 7200 - used my iPad Pro as a reference (I know not very scientific but wanted my photos to look similar on both).
I guess someone with Spyder could comment on how far factory calibration is off and how calibrated screen impact its brightness for example.

FYI - there is advance calibration function (you need to click on calibrate with option key) which let you tune your display further, but there is software error I believe - after advance calibration is complete (and screen looks ok) it is becoming really contrasty/dark after saving calibrated profile.

 

[matram]

I calibrated my screen with i1Display from XRite. Whitepoint was spot on 6500 K

 

[am2am]

I calibrated my screen with i1Display from XRite. Whitepoint was spot on 6500 K

Thanks for feedback. Whitepoint is one of calibration puzzle element. How is the overall perception after calibration compared to factory settings. Do you see same level of warmish color or it is less yellow?

 

[intrepidcase]

FYI - there is advance calibration function (you need to click on calibrate with option key) which let you tune your display further, but there is software error I believe - after advance calibration is complete (and screen looks ok) it is becoming really contrasty/dark after saving calibrated profile.

So I just posted another thread about this ... my default profile is much less contrasty/dark than after calibrating to 2.2 relative gamma. My estimated native gamma seems to be around 1.7 - 1.8 and using that gamma gives an almost identical level of contrast/saturation to the default profile.
But as per my post, sometimes on startup i did get the more contrasty gamma level, and then when I went into high performance graphics mode it would switch to the lower (native?) gamma level. Now I can't get that to happen - I have to use my calibrated profile to get that. As to which one is 'correct' I am now unclear ... ugh.

 

[matram]

I have also discussed this in another thread

I have calibrated my screen using the X-rite i1Profile. White point was very accurate as you see from the slide below. Of course if you are concerned with color accuracy you need to switch off TrueTone and NightShift!