Understanding HDR's Influence on OLED Display Colors

Summary: Discover how the HDR feature may affect color accuracy and representation on OLED screens.

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Symptoms

 

Color shifting can be observed when Dell customers enable or disable the High Dynamic Range (HDR) feature in Display Settings under the OS environment.

Affected platform list (included but not limited to below)

  • Alienware m15
  • Alienware m15 R2
  • Dell G5 15 5590
  • Dell G7 17 7790
  • XPS 15 7590
  • Precision 5540

 

Cause

 

This is expected behavior because the current standard on Windows 10 is Standard Dynamic Range (SDR), which has limited representation ability of the dynamic range compared to what HDR is capable of. That means, HDR allows you to see more of the detail and color in scenes with a high dynamic range.

 

Resolution

 

How to enable/disable the HDR in Windows 10

When displaying non-HDR-supported content like web surfing, office applications, or non-HDR videos, the color shifting would be easily observed. It is highly recommended to disable the HDR feature under normal usage and enable it when displaying HDR-supported content.

 

Affected Products

Alienware M15, Alienware M15 R2, Dell G5 15 5590, Dell G7 17 7790, Precision 5540, XPS 15 7590
Article Properties
Article Number: 000145136
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 24 Apr 2025
Version:  5
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