Oversaturated Pictures and Videos on Laptop Display

1. Color profile issue: The system may have loaded the wrong color profile, causing certain content to display incorrectly. 

2. Application-specific color management: Some applications may override the system's color settings and use their own configuration. 

3. Graphics Card Driver Settings: Although the user has checked Intel's Graphics Control Center, there may be other settings that have not been adjusted, or the driver may need to be updated. 

4. Conflicting HDR settings: If HDR is enabled, it may cause some content to be oversaturated. 

5. Third-party software interference: Some third-party display optimization software may affect color performance. 

To further understand your situation, you can try to re-upload the relevant images for us to further analyze. 

Before that, you can perform the following troubleshooting steps: 

I.Check and reset the color profile 

-Right click on a blank space on your desktop and select Display Settings. 

-Go to Advanced Display Settings > Display Properties (Color Management on some systems). 

-In the Color Management window, switch to All Profiles tab and delete all custom profiles. 

-Return to the Device tab, check Use my settings of this device, click Add, and select sRGB IEC61966-2.1 as the default profile. 

-Test the effect after restarting the computer. 

II. Update or Rollback Graphics Card Driver 

-Press Win+X to select Device Manager. 

Expand Display Adapters, right-click Intel/Core or discrete graphics card (e.g. NVIDIA), and select Update Driver. 

-If the problem occurs after the update, try rolling back the driver (option is in Properties > Drivers tab). 

-If you are using a discrete graphics card from Nvidia or AMD, go to the Nvidia or AMD website and download the appropriate drivers for your graphics card. 

-Restart your computer after finishing. 

III. Turn off HDR and Dynamic Contrast Ratio 

1. Go to Settings > System > Display. 

2. Turn off HDR and Dynamic Contrast Ratio (if available). 

3. In the Intel Graphics Card Control Center (or NVIDIA Control Panel): 

-Intel: Display > Color > Disable Dynamic Range Expansion. 

-NVIDIA: Adjust desktop color settings > select “Other applications control color settings”. 

IV. Check for third-party software conflicts 

-Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager. 

End all non-essential background processes (e.g. f.lux, EyeCare, etc.). 

-Go to Settings > Applications > Startup and disable boot-up of suspicious software. 

You can also try to perform a clean boot to exclude third-party software from interfering in the background while your computer is booting: 

How to perform a clean boot in Windows - Microsoft Support 

Disclaimer: A “clean boot” starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. It helps to determine whether a background service is interfering with your game or program and to isolate the cause of a problem.   

These steps of "clean boot" might look complicated at first glance. However, to avoid any trouble for you, please follow them in order and step-by step so that it will help you get back on track. 

V. Calibrate the monitor 

-Search for and open “Color Calibration” (Windows built-in tool). 

-Adjust Gamma, Brightness, Contrast by following the wizard until the colors are natural. 

-Save as a new color profile when done. 

If the information is updated, or you have any progress, you are welcome to contact us anytime. 

This may have something to do with your core display driver compatibility, we suggest that you can go to Device Manager, find Intel Core Display, then click Properties, roll back the driver to the previous version, roll back and reinstall the Intel Core Display driver once again. 

If it still doesn't work, you may need to consider disabling the Intel core graphics device. In fact, you don't need to worry about the computing load of the discrete graphics card, for videos, photos and other calculations that don't require complex rendering, the discrete graphics card will not be burdened with the work, and using only the discrete graphics card can even improve the quality and efficiency of the screen rendering. 

For the steps to disable the nuclear display, you need to consult your laptop manufacturer, some manufacturers laptops can not disable the nuclear display, they may need to connect an external monitor.