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billymays1234567
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Oct 17, 2025

Changed My Resolution to my tv in game and now my colors are all messed up

Tried resetting my color settings and even made sure my drivers were good which they were because ive had them like a month + now and cant seem to get this solved. I checked hdr and night light etc none of thats on and im baffled at what to do now. I tried the system on my other tv and it was fine but i come back to this one and its the same very vibrant colors. I even reset my tv settings and nothing changed please help.

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  • Surya_Narayana's avatar
    Surya_Narayana
    MCT
    Nov 30, 2025

    hi billymays1234567​ This almost always comes down to the PC and the TV disagreeing about color format, color range, or dynamic range after the resolution switch. Even if HDR/Night Light are off, the signal format may still be wrong.

    check below and try

    1.Fix the color range in your GPU control panel (most common cause)

    When you switched to your TV, Windows/GPU may have set Limited (16–235) or a different color space, which makes colors look crazy-vibrant or washed out.

    If you have AMD

    1. Right-click desktop → AMD Software
    2. Go to Display
    3. Find Pixel Format
    4. Set to RGB 4:4:4 Pixel Format (Full RGB)
    5. Apply

    If you have Intel

    1. Open Intel Graphics Command Center
    2. Go to Display
    3. Set Color Range → Full
    4. Apply

    This alone fixes 70–80% of cases.

    2.Change your TV’s HDMI input type

    On many TVs, the HDMI input type gets changed to “Video” instead of “PC” which changes how colors are processed.

    On your TV:

    • Go to Input settings / Rename input
    • Rename the HDMI port you’re using to PC
      OR select PC mode for that input

    This disables extra color processing, sharpening, and oversaturation.

    (Every TV brand has different menus, but the option is there on most Samsung / LG / Sony / TCL / Hisense TVs.)

    3.Turn off post-processing on the TV

    Even if you reset once, sometimes it doesn’t fully revert.

    On your TV picture settings:

    • Turn OFF:
      • Dynamic Color
      • Super Resolution
      • Contrast Enhancer / Black Enhancer
      • Dynamic Tone Mapping
      • Vivid Mode
    • Switch picture mode to:
      • Standard or PC
      • NOT Vivid or Dynamic

    Then restart the TV (unplug for 30 seconds and plug back in).

    4.Re-set the resolution from Windows itself

    1. Right-click desktop → Display settings
    2. Select your TV
    3. Set:
      • Resolution: Recommended one only
      • Refresh rate: 60Hz or 120Hz (not 59.94 weird)

    Then restart the computer.

    5.Try a different HDMI port/cable

    You already proved the PC is fine on the other TV. That means:
    It’s either cable
    Or this TV’s HDMI input settings

    Use:

    • HDMI 1/2 instead of ARC/eARC if possible
    • A different HDMI cable if you have one

    Bad HDMI cable = wrong color signal.

    if none worked, pl recach out to your tv support team

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