Snow Leopard ruined the colors on non-Apple display... how do I fix it?

[RaceTripper]

I do hope 10.6.2 fixes the color management issues. I have the every latest MBP hardware, so it bother me to have a problem like this.

As for my Dell showing a green cast when it first turns on, Dell is sending me a replacement. I'm trying to find out if it will be a new or refurbished one (mine is only 10 days old).

Edit: they are sending me a new monitor

 

[Richard1028]

Problem:
- Some the icon in the dock are not blue but purple (Finder, iChat etc.)
- The menues are not blue but purple
- Same problem with the icons in the System Preferences (Dock, Monitor, Bluetooth, Spotlight etc.) -> all purple

-- Attila

I recently discovered a weird workaround for my "purple" issues...

With the external display hooked up... If I close my macbook for a few seconds and reopen it, the colors are correctly displayed on the external.

This is hit and miss and timing is everything. I have to open my macbook just prior to it going to sleep.

 

[TheSpaz]

I recently discovered a weird workaround for my "purple" issues...

With the external display hooked up... If I close my macbook for a few seconds and reopen it, the colors are correctly displayed on the external.

This is hit and miss and timing is everything. I have to open my macbook just prior to it going to sleep.

Did anyone try deleting the dock icon cache like I mention earlier in the thread?

It worked for me.

 

[Richard1028]

Did anyone try deleting the dock icon cache like I mention earlier in the thread?

It worked for me.

You bet. I was hopeful but alas, it didn't fix my troubles.

 

[dyn]

Did anyone try deleting the dock icon cache like I mention earlier in the thread?

It worked for me.

Deleting the dock icon cache does not resolve the purple colours people are seeing throughout the OS like in Terminal. Clearing the dock cache also does not really seem to resolve the colour problems in the dock. Which isn't strange as this seems to be a problem regarding icc profiles and colorsync acting very strangely.

 

[TheSpaz]

Deleting the dock icon cache does not resolve the purple colours people are seeing throughout the OS like in Terminal. Clearing the dock cache also does not really seem to resolve the colour problems in the dock. Which isn't strange as this seems to be a problem regarding icc profiles and colorsync acting very strangely.

Well, it actually worked for me, so I guess I got lucky. I had purple icons in my Dock until I cleared the Dock icon cache.

 

[dyn]

Disappointed in 10.6.2. It seems to fix a little bit of the colour problems but blues are still purple in my Terminal
Need to look for something to fix the colours in the terminal, maybe that'll help.

Edit: as requested a screenshot:

 

[TheSpaz]

Disappointed in 10.6.2. It seems to fix a little bit of the colour problems but blues are still purple in my Terminal
Need to look for something to fix the colours in the terminal, maybe that'll help.

What blue in your Terminal? Screenshot?

 

[Richard1028]

Disappointed in 10.6.2. It seems to fix a little bit of the colour problems but blues are still purple in my Terminal

That's too bad. I just updated to 10.6.2 a few minutes ago and was rushing to this thread to say it fixed my "purple woes".

I'm all blue again like I was with 10.6.0 and Leopard before that.

 

[RaceTripper]

I'm getting really hinky behavior myself. I have a uMBP 15" and a Dell 3008WFP (connected with a miniDP->Displayport cable)...
...When I disconnect the MBP and use the laptop screen for a while, and then reconnect to the Dell, something goes wrong with color management. The correct icc profile is selected, but the colors on the Dell are off. For example, I have a race car desktop picture with some Ferrari-red livery, but when I reconnect the Dell after using the laptop screen, the red takes on more of a slight electric hot-pink hue, as if the gamut has changed. Deselecting and reselecting the color profile in the Displays pref pane doesn't help. I have to reboot to return the color to as calibrated.

Before I had this Dell, I was using a 23" ACD and did not have this problem, not that I ever noticed anyway.

The 10.6.2 update seems to have corrected this. At least on my first reconnect of the monitor after the update. Hopefully, I can stop rebooting all the time now.

 

[dog24]

My colors are still messed up on my Dell 2408wfp with 10.6.2. This sucks

 

[RaceTripper]

The 10.6.2 update seems to have corrected this. At least on my first reconnect of the monitor after the update. Hopefully, I can stop rebooting all the time now.

I worked all day on my laptop at work, both connected to a different ext monitor and using the laptop as if with its own display. When I got home and connected to my Dell 30" the color profile displayed correctly.