[Fix] Too Much Brightness, Whiteness and Gamma Level in Windows 10 and 11 Display

If you notice extra or too much brightness or whiteness in the display of your Windows 10 or Windows 11 device, this article will help you in fixing the issue and reducing the whiteness level in your PC monitor or laptop screen.

NOTE: The methods given in this article will work in all Windows versions including Windows 7, 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Too Much Whiteness in Display on Monitor or Laptop Screen

I have noticed this issue lots of times after installing Windows 11 in my Dell PC as well as laptops. After installation, when the Desktop is loaded, everything including the Taskbar looks extra white. When I open File Explorer or Settings app, the separators, toolbars and light colors are not visible at all.

Following image will give you an idea what issue I’m talking about:

As you can see in the above image, the background color in Settings app looks very light, almost White. The increased level of Whiteness starts hurting eyes.

PS: Decreasing the brightness level using the buttons given on the monitor or hotkeys present on the keyboard will not fix the issue. It’ll only decrease the brightness i.e. dim the display but it’ll not modify the whiteness level which is the main culprit.

If you are also facing similar issues with your desktop PC or laptop, following solutions will help you.

Reason Behind Extra Level of Whiteness or Brightness on Display

It happens due to the default display profile applied to your monitor or laptop display. When we install Windows operating system, it automatically installs and applies a built-in profile for the attached monitor or laptop screen.

Most of the times, the applied profile works perfectly but sometimes users may face incorrect colors and brightness issues as mentioned above.

Sometimes the default display profile uses high GAMMA level which causes the increased level of whiteness on computer screens.

To fix these kind of issues, Windows comes with a very useful feature called “Calibrate Display” which helps users in calibrating their computer display to fix the color and brightness issues.

Once you calibrate the display, everything looks perfect without extra whiteness on your computer screen.

Following steps will help you in calibrating the display and fixing colors and brightness issues in Windows 11 as well as older Windows versions:

STEP 1: Opening Calibrate Display Tool in Windows

There are multiple ways to launch the Calibrate Display tool in Windows. You can use any of following options:

OPTION 1: Open Start Menu or click on the Search button or Search box present on the Taskbar. Now type calibrate and Windows will automatically show “Calibrate display color” option in search results. Click on the option and it’ll open the calibration tool.

OPTION 2: Press WIN+R keys together to launch RUN dialog box. Now type dccw in the RUN box and press Enter. It’ll direct launch calibration tool.

OPTION 3: Press WIN+R keys together to launch RUN dialog box. Now type colorcpl in RUN box and press Enter. It’ll launch Color Management window. Go to Advanced tab and click on “Calibrate display” button. It’ll launch the calibration tool.

STEP 2: Using Calibrate Display Tool in Windows

After opening the calibration tool, click on Next button a few times until you see a vertical slider to change GAMMA level as shown in following screenshot:

Click and hold on the slider and move it down i.e. reduce the gamma level. You’ll immediately notice that the Whiteness has been decreased on your computer screen.

Click on Next button. Now the wizard will ask you to adjust the brightness and contrast levels on your computer. You can click on Next button to adjust them or you can click on “Skip brightness and contrast adjustment” button to skip the test.

Click on Next button and you’ll be asked to adjust color levels on your monitor screen. You don’t need to change them, click on Next button.

At last click on Finish button and it’ll fix the extra whiteness and gamma level issues in your computer.

Now Windows will allow you to use ClearType tuner to adjust how the text or fonts display on your computer screen. It’ll help you in making the text sharp and clear on your monitor or laptop screen.

Following article contains details about ClearType Tuner tool:

[Guide] How to Use Built-in ClearType Text Tuner in Windows?

Restoring Default Display Profile If Required

In future, if you decide to restore default display profile which was installed by default, you can follow the SOLUTION 1 or SOLUTION 2 provided in following tutorial:

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TIP: Use Your Graphics Card Control Panel to Adjust Display Settings

When you install drivers for your graphics card manually or using Windows Updates, it also installs a tool to modify several display settings. You can launch the tool to manually change brightness, contrast and gamma levels as shown in following screenshot:

You can find the tool in Start Menu Programs list or Control Panel.

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