I don't know about you, but since the first day of MSFS, I have been unhappy with the "washed out", overly bright color and tone of the ground below and the topography overall.  I wonder how all of you have your color set in the sim.

Today, I went from Deuteranopia to Deuteranopia High Contrast.  Wow!  What a difference for me on my computer/monitor.  The ground looks so much more lifelike and more realistic to me.  I can now look out of the cockpit and not have to move higher in the seat to see the color deepness.  It seems to be more consistent too, that is, from all angles in the cockpit.  Don't forget to Apply/Save your changes.  Go to Accessibility in the General section, and then down to Main Color.

If you have any suggestions that you feel work great for you, I'd like to hear about your setting as well....just to see if there's a better setting I may be missing. 

Stan

I also found that the color quality highly depends on the quality of ortho images for a particular location. In regions with high quality images the color can look great. When flying over those ortho images that badly needs color correction, the whole scenery is off the color too. 

17 minutes ago, spilok said:

Today, I went from Deuteranopia to Deuteranopia High Contrast.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought those color settings were exclusively for the UI - not for the actual in-game experience.

Did I miss something? (Not trying to be snarky - I just didn't think those settings would affect the 3D rendering functions)

-Greg

Just now, greggerm said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought those color settings were exclusively for the UI - not for the actual in-game experience.

Did I miss something? (Not trying to be snarky - I just didn't think those settings would affect the 3D rendering functions)

-Greg

I see a big difference in color rendering when the Main Color was changed.

Stan

Why would putting the view in deuteranopia high contrast be 'more realistic'? Surely that'd be emulating green/red colour blindness?

14 minutes ago, Chock said:

Why would putting the view in deuteranopia high contrast be 'more realistic'? Surely that'd be emulating green/red colour blindness?

I like it. Try it and see if you’re correct. What’s your suggestion, Chock? Because of satellite imagery, the roads are green anyway. Just trying to make the world way less bright. 

The real world is incredibly bright in the sun.

1 minute ago, Slides said:

The real world is incredibly bright in the 

2 minutes ago, Slides said:

The real world is incredibly bright in the sun.

You bet it is!

2 minutes ago, Slides said:

The real world is incredibly bright in the sun.

See this only effects you because you go outside. 

1 minute ago, SirDan said:

See this only effects you because you go outside. 

It does AFFECT me. 

I think the default lighting and brightness is the most realistic we’ve ever had in a sim. The world is bright. Sometimes you can’t see because of reflections and glares. Haven’t had an issue...

1 minute ago, FlyingInACessna said:

I think the default lighting and brightness is the most realistic we’ve ever had in a sim. The world is bright. Sometimes you can’t see because of reflections and glares. Haven’t had an issue...

 

1 minute ago, FlyingInACessna said:

I think the default lighting and brightness is the most realistic we’ve ever had in a sim. The world is bright. Sometimes you can’t see because of reflections and glares. Haven’t had an issue...

Which setting is the default lighting?  Does it say “default”?  

Just now, spilok said:

 

Which setting is the default lighting?  Does it say “default”?  

No... I just mean the coloring that exists in the game without changing any settings related to coloring from the high-quality preset.

Mine feels a bit washed out

Is that normal?

3 hours ago, andrecarli737 said:

Mine feels a bit washed out

Is that normal?

Too much blue? Try taking some screenshots and view them in Photoshop/Variations where you can add and remove rgb levels.

Edited September 3, 20205 yr by dobee51