why the same color looks different on different android devices

Question

I find lots of colors look different on different android devices. For example, if I set #fff8f5ea as the background color of a View and run the app on different devices, I can easily tell the difference between them. Any body have the same problem? Does anyone know why?

Answer 1

Every piece of hardware will render the primary colours used in the individual pixels at different intensities.

The display driver also implements colour profiles, sometimes user definable, which alter those intensities.

I can load an image on my Galaxy S3 and chose a different profile under Settings->Display->Screen mode to render the image in different colour spaces.