sorry, its not red to magenta,after going to the following link i found color banding on green to black, red to black and magenta to black.
www.home.no/t-o-k/Colour_Gradients/index.html
I am experiencing some color banding on my recently bought monitor,only in the darker colors(eg: from blue to black gradient, dark red to dark magenta etc).Is this normal?I am pretty sure my display is calibrated correctly(using magictune and displaymate).

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