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How to fix Alienware AW3423DW color issues

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When using the 34” Alienware AW3423DW Curved QD-OLED, you may notice that the colors may look slightly off than what you may be expecting. To see how you can potentially get a more accurate color display for this gaming monitor, you can check out this guide from Seeking Tech.

1. The first step you can take is to make sure that there isn’t anything wrong with your gaming monitor.

In order to do so, you need to use the built-in diagnostic tool, which you can learn more about in this article.

2. If the connected device has a RGB setting, then you might also want to try changing it. This is because that, if the ranges of the monitor and the connected devices do not match, then the colors will most likely end up looking as good as you were expecting.

3. If the connected device has a setting where you can change the HDR brightness levels, then you may want to try to adjust it to see if you can get a better color.

4. Some apps and games may also have customized HDR settings that you might want to adjust as well.

5. If you try to force HDR on non-HDR content, then the colors of the converted image may end up looking worse.

Therefore, you may want to disable automatic HDR or dynamic tone mapping on the device that is connected to your AW3423DW if possible.

6. The 34” Alienware AW3423DW Curved QD-OLED offers two HDR modes. With the HDR Peak 1000, you are able to reach higher brightness levels while HDR 400 True Black is more suitable for darker scenes.

So, if the colors look off in one of these modes, then you might want to switch to the other one.

In order to do so, you can take the following steps:

  • To start off open the on-screen display of the monitor by moving or pressing down on the analog stick of the AW3423DW.
  • From the on-screen display, you need to select the Menu option.
  • After getting to the Menu, you need to select Game.
  • Next, you need to go to HDR Mode.
  • Finally, change the HDR Mode.

7. You can also try adjusting the colors on your gaming monitor by doing the following:

  • Move or press down on the analog stick to head into the on-screen display.
  • With the on-screen display opened, go to Menu.
  • From the Menu, you need to select Game.
  • On the same screen, you then need to select Preset Modes.
  • In this menu, you can select the color presets based on the game genre you are playing. The available options are FPS, MOBA/RTS, RPG, Sports, Warm and Cool.
  • From the same menu, you can also manually adjust the colors by selecting the Custom Color option. Furthermore, you can use the Creator option if you have HDR disabled on the monitor.