Browsers and colour saturation
Browsers and colour saturation
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GetCarter

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30,815 posts

303 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2016
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Just out of interest, Firefox seems to add about 10% saturation to photos, but Safari and IE don't.

What looks good on my calibrated monitor looks fine on Safari and IE, but on Firefox they look over-saturated.

Just thought it might be worth mentioning.

Anyone else noticed this?

Craikeybaby

11,824 posts

249 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2016
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Just tried this between Firefox and Internet Explorer on my PC at work, using a photo hosted on Flickr. The photos look identical.

GetCarter

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30,815 posts

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Tuesday 22nd November 2016
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That's weird... I guess it could be Mac version v PC version? or OS v OX? or Firefox v Firefox version.

Too many variables.... but my current setup does over-saturate on Fox.



Edited by GetCarter on Tuesday 22 November 12:31

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

278 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2016
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What colour space are you using?

Most browsers ignore it so if you are using aRGB they will look duller in IE etc, but more saturated in ones that pay attention (firefox).

if you are using sRGB then they should all look the same

Craikeybaby

11,824 posts

249 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2016
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GetCarter said:
That's weird... I guess it could be Mac version v PC version? or OS v OX? or Firefox v Firefox version.

Too many variables.... but my current setup does over-saturate on Fox.



Edited by GetCarter on Tuesday 22 November 12:31
These actually looked the same on my work PC, but the left one looks more saturated on my MacBook (also uncalibrated).

GetCarter

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Wednesday 23rd November 2016
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RobDickinson said:
What colour space are you using?

Most browsers ignore it so if you are using aRGB they will look duller in IE etc, but more saturated in ones that pay attention (firefox).

if you are using sRGB then they should all look the same
Hmmm... sRGB

It doesn't really bother me, just think it's a bit weird.