Adaptive Color

[Dismaster]

I figured I'd never like this feature and would reject it outright. But I find it has grown on me and I am not hating it.

 

[B. Diddy]

I assume you're talking about a Pixel, right?

 

[Dismaster]

I assume you're talking about a Pixel, right?

I am, pixel 4a 5G.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

It is really nice once you are used to it.

 

[cbreze]

Loving the theming options. Old android was to white everywhere.

 

[swebb]

I'm not sure what adaptive coloring does. I do know that I didn't like what color theming did, so I disabled that.

 

[B. Diddy]

This is from an article about the Pixel 4 (https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-4-4-xl-display-analysis/):

"The Google Pixel 4 has three different display profiles: Adaptive, Natural, and Boosted. All three profiles share the same white point, the same transfer characteristics, and they all support Android’s color management system.The Adaptive profile is the default display profile of the Google Pixel 4. It is a color saturation-expanding profile that has increased vibrancy in reds and greens compared to standard sRGB. More precisely, red colors are measured to be about 10% more saturated, while greens are about 20% more saturated. Reds are also shifted slightly orange, while greens appear just a touch yellower. Blue colors receive no boost in saturation, but the adjusted primaries result in slightly lighter blue tones. It targets a standard 2.20 gamma and a D67 (6700 K) white point, like the other two profiles.

Updated Adaptive profile

On previous Pixel devices, the Adaptive profile did not support color management, but with the Pixel 4, Google has updated the Adaptive profile to support it. The new Adaptive profile now uses Display P3 as its composition color space, instead of sRGB remapped to a wider gamut. This allows the Adaptive profile to finally be consistent between different Pixel displays, and consistent in white point with the Natural and Boosted display profiles. For previous Pixel generations, this was not the case. As a result, both the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL now have visually-identical Adaptive profiles, and the Natural and Adaptive profiles share white points. For color-managed content, the Adaptive profile maintains its rendering intent and renders the color-managed content with increased vibrancy. However, the Adaptive profile clips at P3 primaries, and it will clip high-saturation P3 content.

The Natural profile is the accurate display profile that follows industry standards (although internally targeting a D67 white point). This is the profile to use to get the most accurate colors out of the Google Pixel 4 display.

The Boosted profile is similar to the Natural profile, but it provides a slight boost in total color saturation. Google says that we perceive colors as less vibrant on smaller screens, like phones, which is their basis for the inclusion of this profile."

 

[swebb]

Thanks for the explanation Diddy. It's a very detailed description for something I can't see the difference between in real world use.

 

[B. Diddy]

Thanks for the explanation Diddy. It's a very detailed description for something I can't see the difference between in real world use.

I know, right? I read through that and said to myself, "Uhhh, ok. Looks good to me!"

 

[eric002]

I know, right? I read through that and said to myself, "Uhhh, ok. Looks good to me!"

Haha yeah, I pretty much said the same exact thing to myself!!

 

[jelp2]

Does adaptive and even boosted affect pictures taken with the camera? For instance, is the scene in the viewfinder "altered" for the pixel's display and look less vibrant if shared with another device/brand?

 

[Morty2264]

Loving the theming options. Old android was to white everywhere.

I am LOVING the adaptive colours!