Gamma correction, KDE and Wayland

[acutbal]

Hi!!
After reading this week’s article by Nate Graham, I understand that Wayland is already very mature:

This week in KDE: gazillions of bugfixes

However, the gamma color correction looks like it’s not ready yet, and it doesn’t seem like anyone is working on it either:

Color management on Wayland (#11) · Issues · Plasma / KWin

Here in the most recent comments this week, someone suggests two options to modify the gamma value in Wayland:

• Add a gamma value (or rather 3, one per color channel) to ColorDevice
• Generate an ICC profile with the desired gamma ramp in the KCM and set it with colord.

This is my monitor:

Could it be possible to do the above commented to modify gamma settings as I use to do in X11?

Best regards!!

[Fabby]

@acutbal

I understand that Wayland is already very mature

It’s very mature for Gnome and for KDE developers but it’s not the default on KDE yet for a reason so:

• If you’re a developer: Contribute!
• If you’re not: Stay away from it until it has been the default for 6 months. Yes, Xorg is old, but it’s not dead yet!

[acutbal]

I’m not a developer and I use the computer for my daily stuff. So, I think that I’ll wait…

I’m interested in this because on my computer the colours look a bit faded, I correct it with the gamma correction. And this option it’s not available on wayland…

[Fabby]

@acutbal

So, I think that I’ll wait…

Therefore, I’ve marked this answer as the solution to your question as it is by far the best answer you’ll get.

Gamma correction, KDE and Wayland

It’s very mature for Gnome and for KDE developers but it’s not the default on KDE yet for a reason so: If you’re a developer: Contribute! If you’re not: Stay away from it until it has been the default for 6 months. Yes, Xorg is old, but it’s not dead yet!

However, if you disagree with my choice, please feel free to take any other answer as the solution to your question or even remove the solution altogether: You are in control! (If you disagree with my choice, just send me a personal message and explain why I shouldn’t have done this or or if you agree)

P.S. In the future, please don’t forget to come back to your question after your issue has been solved and click the 3 dots below the answer to mark a solution like this below the answer that helped you most:

so that the next person that has the exact same problem you just had will benefit from your post as well as your question will now be in the “solved” status.