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Difference in colours: Macbook vs laptop

Hi everyone. I use lightroom in my windows 10, HP laptop( 2016 model) to edit jpegs and RAW files. Recently I opened up a picture exported from lightroom, on my macbook pro(mid 2012 model). And I was totally shocked to see the much more saturated, vibrant and vivid colours. The blues and greens looked more VIBRANT, but the reds, yellows and orange-ish colours looked way more SATURATED !! Now I'm really worried how different the same pictures shot by me, look so different to pc vs mac users !! Anybody, suggestions or advice on how to overcome this problem ? And btw, I do always select srgb colour profile in lightroom. I need to enter a photography competion online and am now left wondering : should I upload my pictures from the macbook or the laptop ?

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You have to calibrate both monitors if you want them to show your pictures with similar colors. In my case, I always download a picture from fstoppers that has the skin color that I want to emulate (I normally use pictures from people that have a high reputation on this site). I open it on a layer in photoshop. That way, I selectively compare the reds, yellows and other skin colors in my picture and the target picture.

Calibrate your monitor using spyderpro or similar device.