Bug 501072 - HDR saturated SDR content
Summary: HDR saturated SDR content
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: colour-management (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.3.2
Platform: CachyOS Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2025-03-04 20:44 UTC by Mannubus
Modified: 2025-09-18 16:42 UTC (History)
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Description Mannubus 2025-03-04 20:44:24 UTC 
SUMMARY
All sRGB colors are over saturated and i can't use the sRGB color intensity slider because it does not change anything

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable HDR

OBSERVED RESULT
All SDR content is over saturated and the slider for sRGB color intensity is not working properly

EXPECTED RESULT
Being able to adjust the color intensity of sRGB content 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux: CachyOS/Arch
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I tried a lot of things even using another KERNEL
Comment 1 Zamundaaa 2025-03-04 23:14:28 UTC 
Can you test the same display with Windows or MacOS, to check if it also happens there?

If it just applies a weird color transformation that does this (I wouldn't be surprised), perhaps we could allow the sRGB slider to go below 0% to at least somewhat compensate for it.
Comment 2 Mannubus 2025-03-05 20:23:27 UTC 
(In reply to Zamundaaa from comment #1)
> Can you test the same display with Windows or MacOS, to check if it also
> happens there?
> 
> If it just applies a weird color transformation that does this (I wouldn't
> be surprised), perhaps we could allow the sRGB slider to go below 0% to at
> least somewhat compensate for it.

I only tested on Windows and it works fine there
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-03-20 03:47:05 UTC 
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Comment 4 Zamundaaa 2025-04-02 16:03:51 UTC 
What color temperature do you have night light set to?
It seems like your monitor is just shy of sRGB, so if you have night light set to very low color temperatures, that could cause this sort of issue to appear when it wouldn't without a color profile (which makes KWin assume the screen is perfect sRGB)
Comment 5 Zamundaaa 2025-04-02 16:11:13 UTC 
Oops, that went into the wrong tab.
Comment 6 Mannubus 2025-04-03 00:55:35 UTC 
(In reply to Zamundaaa from comment #4)
> What color temperature do you have night light set to?
> It seems like your monitor is just shy of sRGB, so if you have night light
> set to very low color temperatures, that could cause this sort of issue to
> appear when it wouldn't without a color profile (which makes KWin assume the
> screen is perfect sRGB)

I have it turned off all the time, i tried turning it on and off and no change aswell