Forum: Photography


Subject: Color. Is my pallate muted? Where does the rich color come from?

TomDart opened this issue on Feb 09, 2009 ยท 14 posts


Meowgli posted Mon, 09 February 2009 at 3:06 PM

I have an idea what it could be Tom, depending on whether you're referring to your gallery images by comparison with how they appear on your monitor when you view them off-line? I used to find that no matter how much saturation I gave an image it would always appear slightly lighter and more 'washed out' when I posted online... I think it's to do with colour profiles, but the way around it for me has been to use 'proof colours' associated with the monitor profile, which essentially will present the image as it will appear when you post it... you can then edit it accordingly (usually darken and saturate in my case), knowing the final result will appear as such when you post it.... hope that helps, I have Rich (inshaala) to thank for opening my eyes to this little trick.

I'm hoping you're using photoshop or this might not make so much sense..

Adam Edwards Photography