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 +====== xfce4-settings - Color Profiles ====== 
 + 
 +  * **[[#Overview|Overview]]** 
 +  * **[[#Add a color profile|Add a color profile]]** 
 +  * **[[#Activate a color profile|Activate a color profile]]** 
 + 
 +The //Color Profiles// preference tool enables you to manage, install and generate color profiles to accurately color manage input (webcams, scanners) and output devices (displays, printers). 
 + 
 +<note>Display profiles don't work out of the box in Xfce (yet), you need a daemon like [[https://github.com/agalakhov/xiccd|xiccd]] for them to work.</note> 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Overview ===== 
 + 
 +The Xfce Color Profile settings tool is a front-end to set up color management 
 + for printers, scanners, and displays. It provides an interface for colord  
 +integration into Xfce. [[https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/|Colord]] 
 +is a system service that enables you to manage, install and generate color  
 +profiles to accurately color manage input (webcams, scanners) and output devices. 
 + 
 +<figure "Color Preferences: Color Profile Dialog Window"> 
 +{{:xfce:xfce4-settings:color-profiles-main.png?600|Color Preferences: Color Profile Dialog Window}} 
 +</figure> 
 + 
 +The Color Profile dialog enables you to: 
 + 
 +  *     Enable/disable color management per device 
 +  *     Add or import color profiles per device 
 +  *     Enable a profile and set it as default 
 + 
 +What it doesn’t do: 
 + 
 +  * Applying display profiles – For this you still need a daemon like [[https://github.com/agalakhov/xiccd|xiccd]]. 
 +  *     Calibration – You still have to use a tool, such as, [[https://displaycal.net/|displaycal]] to calibrate your display. 
 +  *     Show detailed profile information (like a horseshoe color diagram). A tool like [[https://www.mankier.com/1/gcm-viewer|gcm-viewer]] is needed for that functionality. 
 + 
 +Dependencies: 
 +  * cupsd: For printers 
 +  * saned: For scanners 
 +  * xiccd (etc): For displays 
 + 
 +[[|Back To Top]] 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Add a color profile ===== 
 + 
 +<figure "Color Preferences: Add a Color Profile Selection Window"> 
 +{{:xfce:xfce4-settings:color-profiles-add-profile.png|Color Preferences: Add a Color Profile Selection Window}} 
 +</figure> 
 + 
 +To load a color profile, click on the + (plus) icon on the main Color Profile window. This will bring up a new window called "Add a color profile to Monitor". There you will see a list of profiles compatible with your system. Optionally, clicking on the folder icon in this window, will allow the import of an [[https://freedesktop.org/wiki/OpenIcc/|ICC]] compatible color profile. 
 + 
 +[[|Back To Top]] 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Activate a color profile ===== 
 + 
 +<figure "Color Preferences: Enable a Color Profile Window"> 
 +{{:xfce:xfce4-settings:color-profiles-enable-profile.png?600|Color Preferences: Enable a Color Profile Window}} 
 +</figure> 
 + 
 +Once the color profile(s) has been loaded, they can be enabled and activated or de-activated on a per-device basis. 
 + 
 + 
 +[[|Back To Top]] 
 +---- 
 +[[:start|Return to Xfce Main Documentation Page]] 
 + 
 +[[:xfce:xfce4-settings:start:|Return to xfce4-settings Main Documentation Page]]