Slight color difference

Using Photoshop CS4 on Vista with a dell monitor.
I have the standard dell color profile set in windows for the monitor.

Whenever I save "for web and devices" I get a color difference between the actual webpage colour and the colours in the picture. So I searched about color profiles and I gather (I find this profiling thing very confusing) that I should set my photoshop profile also to the dell profile. So I did, but there now still is a slight difference.

For example, the color I use in photoshop is #12141A and once saved it shows up as #13151B

Am I missing something here?

LPent said:

Using Photoshop CS4 on Vista with a dell monitor.
I have the standard dell color profile set in windows for the monitor.

Whenever I save "for web and devices" I get a color difference between the actual webpage colour and the colours in the picture. So I searched about color profiles and I gather (I find this profiling thing very confusing) that I should set my photoshop profile also to the dell profile. So I did, but there now still is a slight difference.

For example, the color I use in photoshop is #12141A and once saved it shows up as #13151B

Am I missing something here?

First of all, make sure your monitor is actually using your DELL colour profile by default by right clicking desktop >>> properties >>> settings >>> advanced >>> colour management.

What application are you using to view your recently saved images? If it's Windows built in "Windows picture and fax viewer" then I don't believe this can be used with custom profiles.

In Photoshop, have a look in EDIT >> COLOUR SETTINGS. Make sure your RGB is set to your monitor's profile. When you go to "Save for web and devices" make sure EMBED COLOUR PROFILE is ticked and below in the preview box, make sure you set it to your monitors profile. Under the edit menu, also play around with "assign to profile" and "convert to profile".

Hope this helps