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The appearance of images viewed on the web varies significantly between different users due to many factors, including the monitor type, model and age, monitor settings and calibration, ambient light and the web browser being used.
Monitor calibration is essential for rendering accurate image colour and brightness. Displays should be calibrated to a white point of 6500K (D65) and 2.2 gamma for optimum viewing of the images on this site. Generally recommended luminance settings are around 120 cd/m2 for LCD monitors. For web purposes the images on this site have been converted to the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile and are tagged (colour profile embedded).
All browsers on Windows interpret web images by default as having colour profile sRGB (whether tagged or not) and will therefore function properly with this site. On the Mac, Safari or Firefox version 3.5 and above should be used, as these employ colour management and will "read" embedded profiles and display images correctly.
For those of a technical bent who want to know more, see Garry Ballard's site.
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