LCD color calibration software?

Anyone know of anything good out there? I'm tired of working on something at work, then coming home and looking at it on here. Colors are all washed out and it just looks horrible.

Like for instance, You know when you go to make a post, that little color box below the reply area? It's got Orange and Yellow right next to each other... they look really close to being the same.

Needless to say this also means that all my Orange Rowr pics also take on a somewhat yellowish tint...which sucks. Things look sooo much better on my CRT but I don't use it that often.

So... anyone have anything like that out there?

maybe print out a color pallet from somewhere and compare it with what shows up on your screen... manual way to do it, but it'd fix it.

Some websites that might help:

http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/index.html
http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
http://www.photofriday.com/calibrate.php
http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/m...alibration.htm
http://www.giraud.com/tech/monitor_calibration.html

Note: All the LCD monitors I've worked with are ridiculously difficult to get "right." I'm happy with my CRTs... except they can't compete with the widescreen LCD at work for sheer acreage...

There's several things you need to be aware of Rowr. The first is brightness and contrast - these will affect your shading; you can find guides to eyeball this and programs like Adobe Gamma. The second is how a monitor displays color - this can be done in basic ways such as through Windows or through calibration programs/profiles. Adobe also does this and automatically does this when it's open I believe - keep using the same profile and you can be sure your pictures are consistant in color (though they may appear different on other mediums). The third is monitor warmth - this is how warm your monitor makes colors. Not all monitors have this but most, by default use a 9500K setting - this makes everything 'brighter' and and whiter/bluer - it's best used for office work and the like where black and white are frequent ie written documents. Most guides that I found recommend using a setting of 5600K which attempts to more accurate replicate real lighting; just as forewarning though when you first set your monitor to use this (or any other setting), the colors -will- look different (more yellow in the case of 5600K). This is normal as this is how your monitor is adjusting the colors. After a little time, the image will turn back to 'normal' as your eyes adjust. Lastly, and less related is the color profiles of your printer if you happen to end up printing everything out. Printers can also adjust and effect how colors will appear on a printed page.