Images seem to have windows auto-enhance enabled

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Open sandbox vault.
  2. Create new note.
  3. Copy and paste the image below.
  4. Now open the same image in windows photos, it should be the exact same.
  5. Now open the image in irfanview (or another suitable image viewer which doesn’t have auto-enhance) or convert the image to pdf, or export the obsidian note, and open the pdf in a browser.
  6. The pdf/image as viewed in browser/irfanview will look different to the one in obsidian and windows photos.

test 1
test 11047×1491 253 KB

I followed the troubleshooting guide, the issue persisted.

Expected result

Images in obsidian should have no filter. Although I’m not sure this is a bug or a feature request.

Actual result

The image has a filter, which happens to be the same as photos auto-enhance

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.13.4
Installer version: 1.13.4
Operating system: Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Login status: not logged in
Language: en-GB
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none

Additional information

First image: View as in irfanview (ignore the white bit).
Second image: View as in photos.
Third image: view as in obsidian.
It should be noted that these images were taken before I discovered the sandbox vault, but I have tested all of this in the vault as well, the issue persists.

test 1 irfan
test 1 irfan1387×1307 262 KB

test 3 photos
test 3 photos1002×1370 209 KB

test 2 obsidian
test 2 obsidian718×1058 131 KB

2

I don’t seem to be able to edit the post, but I forgot to mention some of the solutions I tried:

I have checked that it isn’t my theme. I have tried using pdfs, which won’t apply a filter normally, but in obsidian’s case it miraculously (in my eyes) applies the same filter to pdfs as to pngs or jpegs. I would try svgs, but the images I’m using can’t be converted into them.

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Okay, so it was a colour spacing issue, not necessarily relating to chromium. The issue was that my monitor’s colour management profile was set to Dell’s own colour profile. Once I switched it to sRGB IEC61966-2.1, the image appears the same in all scenarios (well nearly). Technically Wonderdraft’s image is slightly different, but the exported image looks the same everywhere now.

Some other discoveries I made (not very important ones mind you): I could also get firefox to produce the same image as in chrome (prior to changing the profile), by changing some colour management settings. The same for obsidian, the hardware acceleration settings also handles colour management, disabling it produced a correct image (with obvious downsides of course