Should Brightness and Contrast Be the Same?

Increasing brightness of an image will light out all colors so the original light ones will become up to white. ... Increasing contrast on an image will increase the difference between light and dark areas so light areas will become lighter and dark areas will become darker.

Should contrast be higher than brightness?

The contrast setting adjusts the bright parts of the image, while the brightness setting adjusts the dark parts. If you set the contrast too high, you will lose the fine detail in bright images. ... Set the brightness too high and blacks will get lighter, causing the image to look washed out.

What should be the ideal brightness and contrast settings?

Most people are comfortable with the contrast set around 60 to 70 percent. Once you have your contrast where you like it, you can move on to the brightness setting. The goal here is to get the light coming out of your monitor similar to the light in your workspace.