Wrong color with all color formats

[dobladov]

Describe the bug
No color format matches the real value of the color #ffb305, they are slightly different from the original.

To Reproduce

• Select a color
• Check the color

Expected behavior
The color should match the one selected by the tool #ffb305

Screenshots

Untitled.mp4

Environment:

• OS: Mac OS ventura
• App Version: 0.0.15
• Architecture: Apple Silicon M1

[superhighfives]

Oooh, thanks for sharing a detailed example of the issue, @dobladov. A couple of follow up questions to deeper on this:

1. Are you using Chrome? If so, if you visit chrome:///flags/#force-color-profile what does it show? (It'll most likely be Default).
2. Do you have the same issue with RGB? Trying with the following settings I was able to pick the right colour: https://www.colorhexa.com/ffb305 (screenshot below) but I noticed in your video that it's feb rather than ffb, which is unexpected.

3. Could you test with RGB and the ColorSync Utility on Mac? (another screenshot below)

[dobladov]

1. Are you using Chrome? If so, if you visit chrome:///flags/#force-color-profile what does it show? (It'll most likely be Default).

Yes, using the default, those are the other options.

2. Do you have the same issue with RGB? Trying with the following settings I was able to pick the right colour: https://www.colorhexa.com/ffb305 (screenshot below) but I noticed in your video that it's feb rather than ffb, which is unexpected.

Interestingly, I get almost the correct value using the same profile as you, it might be some rounding error.

The RGB is also slightly wrong for the blue.

3. Could you test with RGB and the ColorSync Utility on Mac? (another screenshot below)

The colour wallpaper tool also gets a different value #FF9900, which makes me think it might be something wrong with my laptop and not Pika.

Thanks for having a look at it.

[superhighfives]

On 3., it might be because you have web safe colours selected? 🤔

Hmmm, I wonder if it's a rounding issue, like you say. The other issue is that there's a huge number of variables in the calculator (for example, perceptual vs relative or absolute). One thing I'm interested in testing out is a package like https://github.com/sersoft-gmbh/color-components for converting colours, as I ended up adding the math directly to the app.

[michaeltroya]

@dobladov did you ever find a fix for this?

[rofrol]

I have similar problem.
kitty terminal.
https://github.com/sindresorhus/System-Color-Picker shows correct #6fd2fc color

[superhighfives]

Could you try some of the different colour spaces available in the Pika preferences and see if that helps? Thanks so much. ☺️

[rofrol]

It shows correctly in:

• sRGB IEC61966-2.1
• Dell AW3418DW
• Device RGB

By default it is in System Default (Color LCD).

Which one should I use?

[superhighfives]

I think any of the three should be fine—sRGB is a common colour profile, in my experience, if you'd like to know what you're using consistently on different devices. The other two are likely tied to your monitor, which your system default should be too.