Bug 514239 - [Feature request] Add the ability to set an ICC profile with HDR enabled
Summary: [Feature request] Add the ability to set an ICC profile with HDR enabled
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: colour-management (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
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Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2026-01-06 19:19 UTC by fililip
Modified: 2026-01-08 20:10 UTC (History)
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Description fililip 2026-01-06 19:19:20 UTC 
There is no way to set an ICC profile for a display when HDR is enabled. A display with broken/overrepresented built-in color primaries in its EDID will show desaturated sRGB content vs. a properly factory-calibrated OLED panel if the sRGB intensity slider is set to 0%. Similar desaturation is observed by setting 'Built-in' as the color profile option, but for non-HDR workflows there is a way to set an ICC profile.
Comment 1 Zamundaaa 2026-01-08 17:11:34 UTC 
Could you attach an ICC profile for an HDR screen here? I could use one for testing.
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2026-01-08 17:19:07 UTC 
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/8613
Comment 3 fililip 2026-01-08 20:10:59 UTC 
I don't have a colorimeter (yet), so I'm not sure how I can obtain a profile for the primary-overrepresented IPS display that I have right now, is there an alternative way to get it (i.e. by somehow extracting what KWin uses for the "built-in" profile)?