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I have a color (colour)-related problem which I am trying to understand, and would appreciate any help I can get. This is my procedure:
I take a photo which I intend to publish on Flickr, and in Photoshop do "Convert to Profile" to convert to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (from ProPhoto RGB). I then add a border whose colour I specify as R:16 G:16 B:16 (#101010) - this is a very dark gray, almost but not quite black. I then do a "Save for Web" to save as a JPG file. In the past I have always ticked the "Embed Color Profile" box, as I believed this was generally accepted best practice; but I also believed that it shouldn't make any difference, since web browsers should assume the sRGB colour space if there is not one embedded in the file.
I have just discovered, however, that when viewing the online image on both Flickr and Behance, that the border colour turns out to be R:23 G:23 B:23 (#171717). I measured this by taking a screenshot of the Flickr and Behance pages and loading them into Photoshop, and using the eyedropper tool to test the colour.
However, if I untick the "Embed Color Profile" box when saving the JPG version, then the border colour comes out correct, at #101010.
Why am I getting these different results? And specifically, why does the procedure which I thought was best practice, produce an incorrect colour?
Any and all ideas welcome!
I take a photo which I intend to publish on Flickr, and in Photoshop do "Convert to Profile" to convert to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (from ProPhoto RGB). I then add a border whose colour I specify as R:16 G:16 B:16 (#101010) - this is a very dark gray, almost but not quite black. I then do a "Save for Web" to save as a JPG file. In the past I have always ticked the "Embed Color Profile" box, as I believed this was generally accepted best practice; but I also believed that it shouldn't make any difference, since web browsers should assume the sRGB colour space if there is not one embedded in the file.
I have just discovered, however, that when viewing the online image on both Flickr and Behance, that the border colour turns out to be R:23 G:23 B:23 (#171717). I measured this by taking a screenshot of the Flickr and Behance pages and loading them into Photoshop, and using the eyedropper tool to test the colour.
However, if I untick the "Embed Color Profile" box when saving the JPG version, then the border colour comes out correct, at #101010.
Why am I getting these different results? And specifically, why does the procedure which I thought was best practice, produce an incorrect colour?
Any and all ideas welcome!