Sprite has different colors after importing

Tomcat

xyz Just disable any color management in your drawing app, and it will be so.

Assigning all programs to sRGB, that's roughly what it means. 😹

Dejvik

Tomcat
I did set the color profile inside of Aseprite to sRGB. Affinity was set to sRGB already

but the colors are now different between Aseprite and Affinity. When Aseprite was using the monitor color profile, the colors matched.
I dont understand how that can be.

Also what exactly do you mean by "calibrate your own computer with monitor", what am I supposed to calibrate? I've honestly no idea what do you mean by that.

Are there maybe some resources around this topic you could point me towards?

Tomcat

xyz Setting to sRGB is not the same as completely disabling the management
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if you have that option

Not all programs give you the option to completely disable color management. Setting a single profile (like sRGB) is something of a compromise.

Dejvik When Aseprite was using the monitor color profile, the colors matched.

Where did you get the monitor profile from?

Are there maybe some resources around this topic you could point me towards?

I'll look it up. The resources I've used will probably not work for you: it was a long time ago and they are in an exotic language.

Usually sRGB has several versions, you can try to change them. So what you need to do now is to get Aseprite, Affinity and Godot to display colors the same way. But Aseprite and Godot already display the same colors, right?

Tomcat

Dejvik Are there maybe some resources around this topic you could point me towards?

I haven't found a complete summarizing article on this topic. I've been collecting crumbs myself, for quite some time. It was directly related to my job (I doubt you'd be charged fines if the colors didn't match what was expected). Here are a couple resources to get you started. You should pay attention to:

Unfortunately, it's covered everywhere in passing. It might make sense to use DCI-P3 for gaming, but I need to do some research.

xyz

Setting to sRGB may not be the same as completely disabling the management, as apps can do other kinds of adjustments on top of set gamut/gamma. Especially dtp oriented ones like Affinity. Disable the management completely if you have that option so the display of color inside the app falls back to system default sRGB. Also make sure your documents are not in CMYK color mode with Adobe and Affinity apps.

Dejvik

@xyz I dont see an option for neither Aseprite or Affinity to completely disable it
@Tomcat Well the monitor profile setting was already there selected, it was simply the default option

I did not configure anything special (outside of changing stuff like brightness and contrast etc on the monitor itself)

And yes, with the sRGB profile the colors between Aseprite and Godot are the same, which is a win.
It just feels like a potentially broken workflow (not sure how else to call it) when the colors wont match between different software on same machine, but maybe it wont ever be a problem.

Tomcat

Dejvik Well the monitor profile setting was already there selected, it was simply the default option

Ah, well, in fact, it's like it doesn't exist. The monitor profile is downloaded from the manufacturer's website. What happens if you choose sRGB?

And yes, with the sRGB profile the colors between Aseprite and Godot are the same, which is a win.

So you just need to pull Affinity to the common denominator.

It just feels like a potentially broken workflow (not sure how else to call it) when the colors wont match between different software on same machine

It's more the other way around. You need to make an effort to get the workflow working. Initially everything will be different because of different hardware manufacturers and programs.

Do you have this monitor?

Dejvik

Tomcat Choosing the sRGB changes the colors of Aseprite, as a whole, slightly (at that point the colors of sprite match with Godot)
Choosing display profile M32QC results in same colors as Current Monitor, which results in the original issue. So it is changing something, so I suppose there is some color profile of the monitor?

Yes that is my main monitor on which Im looking at the colors, I did download a driver for the monitor from the gigabyte website, could that have something to do with it?

Tomcat

Dejvik Choosing display profile M32QC results in same colors as Current Monitor

This is because apparently the same profile is used.

Dejvik I did download a driver for the monitor from the gigabyte website, could that have something to do with it?

Could be.

You just need to match the Affinity profile so that the colors are similar to Godot.

Just for info: yesterday I bought an AOC AGON PRO AG276QZD OLED monitor.

Looks like it's the first batch in our northern palestines. The paper at the bottom is the Color Calibration Factory Report. This used to be an attribute of professional monitors.

There is absolutely no need to worry about accurate color reproduction in indie games. It is very laborious (taiga, jungle), expensive and does not justify itself. It is enough that the colors were at least remotely similar.

Dejvik

Alright, will do! Thank you for all the answers, I appreciate it greatly. Closing this now.

The final solution to the original issue is to change the color profile in Aseprite to sRGB

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