diff --git a/src/config-schema.js b/src/config-schema.js
index 97a6d16f3..343726d2c 100644
--- a/src/config-schema.js
+++ b/src/config-schema.js
@@ -355,6 +355,21 @@ const configSchema = {
         type: 'boolean',
         default: false,
         description: 'Experimental: Use the new Tree-sitter parsing system for supported languages.'
+      },
+      colorProfile: {
+        description: "Specify whether Atom should use the operating system's color profile (recommended) or an alternative color profile.<br>Changing this setting will require a relaunch of Atom to take effect.",
+        type: 'string',
+        default: 'default',
+        enum: [
+          {
+            value: 'default',
+            description: 'Use color profile configured in the operating system'
+          },
+          {
+            value: 'srgb',
+            description: 'Use sRGB color profile'
+          }
+        ]
       }
     }
   },
diff --git a/src/main-process/start.js b/src/main-process/start.js
index 23b4df594..25bc9c00d 100644
--- a/src/main-process/start.js
+++ b/src/main-process/start.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ const temp = require('temp').track()
 const parseCommandLine = require('./parse-command-line')
 const startCrashReporter = require('../crash-reporter-start')
 const atomPaths = require('../atom-paths')
+const fs = require('fs')
+const CSON = require('season')
+const Config = require('../config')
 
 module.exports = function start (resourcePath, startTime) {
   global.shellStartTime = startTime
@@ -39,6 +42,12 @@ module.exports = function start (resourcePath, startTime) {
   atomPaths.setUserData(app)
   setupCompileCache()
 
+  const config = getConfig()
+  const colorProfile = config.get('core.colorProfile')
+  if (colorProfile && colorProfile !== 'default') {
+    app.commandLine.appendSwitch('force-color-profile', colorProfile)
+  }
+
   if (handleStartupEventWithSquirrel()) {
     return
   } else if (args.test && args.mainProcess) {
@@ -97,3 +106,21 @@ function setupCompileCache () {
   CompileCache.setAtomHomeDirectory(process.env.ATOM_HOME)
   CompileCache.install(process.resourcesPath, require)
 }
+
+function getConfig () {
+  const config = new Config()
+
+  let configFilePath
+  if (fs.existsSync(path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, 'config.json'))) {
+    configFilePath = path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, 'config.json')
+  } else if (fs.existsSync(path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, 'config.cson'))) {
+    configFilePath = path.join(process.env.ATOM_HOME, 'config.cson')
+  }
+
+  if (configFilePath) {
+    const configFileData = CSON.readFileSync(configFilePath)
+    config.resetUserSettings(configFileData)
+  }
+
+  return config
+}
diff --git a/src/scope-descriptor.coffee b/src/scope-descriptor.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index f1070f277..000000000
--- a/src/scope-descriptor.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-# Extended: Wraps an {Array} of `String`s. The Array describes a path from the
-# root of the syntax tree to a token including _all_ scope names for the entire
-# path.
-#
-# Methods that take a `ScopeDescriptor` will also accept an {Array} of {String}
-# scope names e.g. `['.source.js']`.
-#
-# You can use `ScopeDescriptor`s to get language-specific config settings via
-# {Config::get}.
-#
-# You should not need to create a `ScopeDescriptor` directly.
-#
-# * {TextEditor::getRootScopeDescriptor} to get the language's descriptor.
-# * {TextEditor::scopeDescriptorForBufferPosition} to get the descriptor at a
-#   specific position in the buffer.
-# * {Cursor::getScopeDescriptor} to get a cursor's descriptor based on position.
-#
-# See the [scopes and scope descriptor guide](http://flight-manual.atom.io/behind-atom/sections/scoped-settings-scopes-and-scope-descriptors/)
-# for more information.
-module.exports =
-class ScopeDescriptor
-  @fromObject: (scopes) ->
-    if scopes instanceof ScopeDescriptor
-      scopes
-    else
-      new ScopeDescriptor({scopes})
-
-  ###
-  Section: Construction and Destruction
-  ###
-
-  # Public: Create a {ScopeDescriptor} object.
-  #
-  # * `object` {Object}
-  #   * `scopes` {Array} of {String}s
-  constructor: ({@scopes}) ->
-
-  # Public: Returns an {Array} of {String}s
-  getScopesArray: -> @scopes
-
-  getScopeChain: ->
-    # For backward compatibility, prefix TextMate-style scope names with
-    # leading dots (e.g. 'source.js' -> '.source.js').
-    if @scopes[0]?.includes('.')
-      result = ''
-      for scope, i in @scopes
-        result += ' ' if i > 0
-        result += '.' if scope[0] isnt '.'
-        result += scope
-      result
-    else
-      @scopes.join(' ')
-
-  toString: ->
-    @getScopeChain()
-
-  isEqual: (other) ->
-    if @scopes.length isnt other.scopes.length
-      return false
-    for scope, i in @scopes
-      if scope isnt other.scopes[i]
-        return false
-    true
diff --git a/src/scope-descriptor.js b/src/scope-descriptor.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63075e8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scope-descriptor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// Extended: Wraps an {Array} of `String`s. The Array describes a path from the
+// root of the syntax tree to a token including _all_ scope names for the entire
+// path.
+//
+// Methods that take a `ScopeDescriptor` will also accept an {Array} of {String}
+// scope names e.g. `['.source.js']`.
+//
+// You can use `ScopeDescriptor`s to get language-specific config settings via
+// {Config::get}.
+//
+// You should not need to create a `ScopeDescriptor` directly.
+//
+// * {TextEditor::getRootScopeDescriptor} to get the language's descriptor.
+// * {TextEditor::scopeDescriptorForBufferPosition} to get the descriptor at a
+//   specific position in the buffer.
+// * {Cursor::getScopeDescriptor} to get a cursor's descriptor based on position.
+//
+// See the [scopes and scope descriptor guide](http://flight-manual.atom.io/behind-atom/sections/scoped-settings-scopes-and-scope-descriptors/)
+// for more information.
+module.exports =
+class ScopeDescriptor {
+  static fromObject (scopes) {
+    if (scopes instanceof ScopeDescriptor) {
+      return scopes
+    } else {
+      return new ScopeDescriptor({scopes})
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+  Section: Construction and Destruction
+  */
+
+  // Public: Create a {ScopeDescriptor} object.
+  //
+  // * `object` {Object}
+  //   * `scopes` {Array} of {String}s
+  constructor ({scopes}) {
+    this.scopes = scopes
+  }
+
+  // Public: Returns an {Array} of {String}s
+  getScopesArray () {
+    return this.scopes
+  }
+
+  getScopeChain () {
+    // For backward compatibility, prefix TextMate-style scope names with
+    // leading dots (e.g. 'source.js' -> '.source.js').
+    if (this.scopes[0] != null && this.scopes[0].includes('.')) {
+      let result = ''
+      for (let i = 0; i < this.scopes.length; i++) {
+        const scope = this.scopes[i]
+        if (i > 0) { result += ' ' }
+        if (scope[0] !== '.') { result += '.' }
+        result += scope
+      }
+      return result
+    } else {
+      return this.scopes.join(' ')
+    }
+  }
+
+  toString () {
+    return this.getScopeChain()
+  }
+
+  isEqual (other) {
+    if (this.scopes.length !== other.scopes.length) {
+      return false
+    }
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.scopes.length; i++) {
+      const scope = this.scopes[i]
+      if (scope !== other.scopes[i]) {
+        return false
+      }
+    }
+    return true
+  }
+}