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type="topic" style="question"
id="color-notspecifiededid">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="color#problems"/>
<link type="guide" xref="color-gettingprofiles"/>
<link type="guide" xref="color-why-calibrate"/>
<desc>Default monitor profiles do not have a calibration date.</desc>
<credit type="author">
<name>Richard Hughes</name>
<email>richard@hughsie.com</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Why don’t the default monitor profiles have a calibration expiry?</title>
<p>
The default color profile used for each monitor is generated
automatically based on the display
<link href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Display_Identification_Data">
EDID</link> which is stored in a memory chip inside the monitor.
The EDID only gives us a snapshot of the available colors the monitor
was capable of displaying when it was manufactured, and does not
contain much other information for color correction.
</p>
<note style="tip">
<p>
Getting a profile from the monitor vendor or creating a profile
yourself would lead to more accurate color correction.
</p>
</note>
</page>
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