Calibrate your monitor
http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/
Adobe Gamma can be used to calibrate your monitor, and you can also buy hardware calibrators.
My personal favourite is the calibration tool found here: http://tft.vanity.dk/
Photoshop CS4 Colour Management
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps11_colour/ps11_1.htm
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1332853
PS: Very important to have your monitor set to the same colour profile being used by Photoshop, else you will have different colours in Photoshop when compared to the rest of your Windows applications
Some Technical stuff about sRGB
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/Color/sRGB
Recommended Settings
When taking photos, shoot at defaults: sRGB color space, which is the world standard for digital cameras and the Internet. Because its the world standard, if you use it, every printer and lab will get it right because they all expect it.
sRGB is the world standard for digital images, printing and the Internet. So long as you haven’t screwed with anything, you and the world are shooting in sRGB.
Use sRGB and you’ll get great, accurate colors everywhere all the time.
Here is my colour setup in photoshop, which I use for web design and photo editing mainly:
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These are some great tips to consider when printing. People don’t realise that colours change from the monitor to the printer. Great post
The tip for changing my camera settings has been a big help for me. I had so much trouble before, but now doing all this work is x10 easier.