Using Windows? Want to color manage your images to make sure the colors are the same in each of your programs? You can do it with a free application called ICC (International Color Consortium). Let’s take a look at how to open and how you can use it to help with color management in windows.
How do I Open Color Management in Windows?
Access via Start Menu –
Click on the Start Menu. Now, type color management into the search bar and hit enter. click on the Color Management control panel that appears as the first result.
![help with color management in windows](https://computersolve.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/color-management.png)
Access via Run Box –
To open Color Management, press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box. Type colorcpl and press Enter. This will open the Color Management control panel.
![Type colorcpl](https://computersolve.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/type-colorcpl.png)
Access via Control Panel –
Open a control panel by searching in the start menu. Type color in the top-right search box, and choose Color Management.
![open control panel and search for color](https://computersolve.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/search-color-1024x545.png)
How do you Use Color Management in Windows?
- Open the Color Management, go to the All Profiles tab, and choose Add.
![All profiles tab](https://computersolve.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/All-Profiles-tab.png)
- Go to the color profile (.ICC file) you want to add and select Add. The profile will be added to the list.
- To assign a color profile to a device, navigate to the Devices tab, and choose your display device in the Device drop-down.
![Devices tab](https://computersolve.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/devices-tab.png)
- Tick the Use my settings for this device checkbox. This lets you make changes to that device’s color profile settings.
![Use my settings for this device](https://computersolve.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/use-my-setting-for-this-device.png)
- Click the Add… button, choose the profile you wish to use for that device, and select OK.
- If you want to use this profile as the default profile for this device, choose Set as Default Profile.
![Set as Default Profile](https://computersolve.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Set-as-Default-Profile.png)