Group test: what's the best colour calibrator?

5. ColorMunki Display

• Reviewed on: 31 August 11
• RRP: £139 inc VAT
• Rating:

The ColorMunki Display is very easy to use and can bring outstanding results to computer monitors. It’s sold for around the same price as competing solutions such as DataColor's Spyder 3 Elite, but is easier to operate and has a very handy auto-brightness correction capability.

4. HueyPRO

• Reviewed on: 1 October 10
• RRP: £105 inc VAT
• Rating:

If you use your Mac for photography, video or colour printing, you’ll be surprised at the difference decent calibration can make. The HueyPRO is a superb and easy-to-use tool for the job. Our only complaint is that it felt a little flimsy.

3. Colorblind Assistant

• Reviewed on: 29 May 12
• RRP: FREE
• Rating:

A useful tool for anyone who wants to know what colour a shade is, we like Colorblind Assistant.

2. Datacolor Spyder4Elite

• Reviewed on: 15 February 12
• RRP: £180 inc. VAT
• Rating:

The Spyder4Elite is a significant improvement over the previous version. Not only does it incorporate useful new features such as iPad calibration, but it also provides increased accuracy and better support for newer monitor technologies. It’s great for comparing the performance of multiple displays and can produce detailed reports.

1. Pantone Colormunki

• Reviewed on: 4 May 08
• RRP: £319 inc. VAT
• Rating:

The ColorMunki is a top-notch, innovative device with some very well-thought out software behind it – and it’s better-designed, slicker in use and substantially lower-priced than its nearest rival, the £503 Colour Confidence Profiler.