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ikstro
ikstro
January 27, 2021
Question

Desktop Figma does not work with sRGB color space support for displays with wide gamut color space on Windows 10

  • January 27, 2021
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Hi!

I have a Dell UP2716D calibrated monitor, color profile 6500K.
OS Windows 10.

In Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator sRGB and Adobe RGB work correctly.

In the browser, Chrome Figma also works correctly and shows sRGB.
But in a desktop application, color management does not work.

I turn on sRGB or Unmaneget in the settings, but there is no effect.

The option to enable SRGB on the monitor is not suitable. Enhanced color gamut needed.

When Figma starts supporting sRGB in a desktop Figma on Windows 10?

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    Gleb
    Gleb
    Power Member
    January 27, 2021

    If you know that this is not possible at the moment, I think it would be better if you change the topic to more of a suggestion to the Figma team and change the category to #product-ideas. This way people will be able to vote for your suggestion if they have the same issue so Figma team will see it and hopefully improve this behavior in the future.

    tank666
    tank666
    January 27, 2021

    Try running Figma Desktop with the --force-color-profile=srgb flag. Maybe it will help.
    Add this flag to your Figma shortcut.

    Example:
    "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Figma\Figma.exe" --force-color-profile=srgb

    UX/UI designer. Figma expert. Creator and developer of plugins and widgets for Figma and FigJam. Check out my resources in Figma Community: figma.com/@tank
    ikstro
    ikstroAuthor
    January 27, 2021

    Unfortunately did not help (((

      tank666
      tank666
      January 28, 2021

      Have you tried Figma Beta?

      If you are sure that the sRGB color space does not work in desktop applications, then contact technical support.

      UX/UI designer. Figma expert. Creator and developer of plugins and widgets for Figma and FigJam. Check out my resources in Figma Community: figma.com/@tank
      ikstro
      ikstroAuthor
      January 28, 2021

      I opened 7 tickets, asked colleagues to report the problem, but unfortunately technical support has been ignoring the problem for over a year))

      be9em0t
      be9em0t
      April 15, 2021

      And the documentation seems to be lying about " Windows 8 or later in a 64-bit environment". Maybe at least fix the documentation, if not the program?

      Anna_Julia
      Anna_Julia
      August 24, 2021

      Unfortunetly, I have the same issues with colors management - it does not work on PCs.

      Daniel_Slamen
      Daniel_Slamen
      December 4, 2022

      Yes, this is definitely a bug. I’ve looked into it myself and I have to say that they got it wrong. sRGB/unmanaged are swapped on Windows. Color management is generally a very complex subject and modern IT software companies don’t have the know-how to set it up correctly. It’s not just a problem with Figma, but with all trendy modern tools. Interesting that it doesn’t work for you at all. How does it work for you today in the latest versions?

        Ali_Rasheed
        Ali_Rasheed
        January 2, 2023

        Having the same issue

        Lorenzo_Alvaro_Lonzo
        August 12, 2024

        Still having the same issue in 2024. I have an ICC profile installed in windows. Importing an sRGB image into a workspace in Figma looks very different when opened in Photoshop (correct presentation of the image).

        On macOS I have the same ICC profile on the same monitor and it does not have the issue showing the image consistently throughout Figma and PS.

        I believe this is a Windows OS Figma version issue and how windows colour management works.
        It’s been a while since this post is posted so I might be unaware of a workaround / a correct configuration?

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