Yellowish screen colouring *NOT related to edge of screen issues*

Question

Ok will try this again for some reason my last post keeps getting redirected to another persons question which is not the same as mine.

My day old Surface Book i7 16GB looks like it has a yellowish colouring over the whole screen, most noticeable when white is present. What I want to know is is this a design feature (stop you damaging your eyes) and can be turned off or is it a faulty Surface Book.

Here are some samples against my monitor(Surface screen duplicated to) and against a Surface RT. The non-SurfaceBook screens are showing the correct white colouring(even though the photos aren't that great). It's looks like someone that smokes has been using it for the past year.

Both screens on full brightness.

Answer 1

OK, what you experience is difference in color temperature. 

You can adjust and calibrate the color in Display Settings -> Advanced display settings -> Color calibration.

Answer 2

That only lets you adjust the gamma and RGB, isn't that calibrator supposed to be for monitors with their own settings panel. I have played with the RGB Setting but cant set the colour right.

"Using the contrast control on your display, set the contrast as high as possible without losing the ability to see the wrinkles and buttons on the shirt."

Surely this should just be correct straight out of the box.

Answer 3

RGB balancing is what you need to adjust. If you need more blue, than tune down red and green. 

It depends on how you define "correct". Some people prefer lower color temperature (more yellow less blue). What Microsoft should provide is a linear bar that adjust CT directly, or even some preset values, instead of letting people play with RGB bars.

Answer 4

Thanks for the reply. Yeah I've played with these settings for quite a bit and while I can get the yellow tint down a little I can not get it to display a true/"correct" white compared to the docking station output to my monitor, Surface RT and a low cost Asus Laptop all of which have not had any settings changed.

Will take a trip to a store to see if the display units have this issue.

Answer 5

Ok so I went down to the store and over to the Microsoft stand where they had the Surface Pro 3 and 4 and the Book. I placed them all side by side and only the Surface Book was showing the yellowish tint the other 2 were a perfect white.

So this leads me to believe that this is either a coincidence or a design floor in the Surface Book either way it's going back which is a shame as I was really looking forward to using this great bit of hardware as my main machine :(