# Exporting art causes colors to desaturate

**URL:** <https://krita-artists.org/t/exporting-art-causes-colors-to-desaturate/96944>\
**Category:** Basics & Interface\
**Tags:** file-export\
**Created:** [July 19, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/exporting-art-causes-colors-to-desaturate/96944 "2024-07-19T04:43:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quarantine](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/cc9497/32.png) [@Quarantine](https://krita-artists.org/u/Quarantine)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/exporting-art-causes-colors-to-desaturate/96944/1 "2024-07-19T04:43:10Z")

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Hello! I am new to this forum so please forgive any mistakes I make.  
I’ve only just recently started using Krita, and made a new ref sheet for one of my characters. This was the first thing I wanted to export and share from the program, but after exporting it as a PNG, sharing it through Discord made the colors desaturate. The thumbnail in my files and before it sends in Discord are correct, but once it goes through, this problem occurs.

 ![Screenshot (69)](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/8/4/8473c2f656ab41f1d062e39d70f930288b3ff2b3.jpeg)  
Example of the desaturation effect  
 ![Screenshot (64)](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/1/4/148a048bacba216e7f0e6bcd56181a4e59dc8e5e.jpeg)  
Screenshot of what the art is supposed to look like  
 ![Screenshot (70)](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/d/d/ddbfe41c2c25c81ae86c9940821260eededaccc6.png)  
The settings I use on Krita to export as a PNG

I’m asking for help, because I am a bit frustrated. Thank you in advance!

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**Author:** ![Komorebi](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/komorebi/32/25560_2.png) [@Komorebi](https://krita-artists.org/u/Komorebi)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/exporting-art-causes-colors-to-desaturate/96944/2 "2024-07-19T05:30:21Z")

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This is to do with color profiles. Windows is converting it for you I guess? But to fix it, you can go to image\> convert image colour space. And make sure you have srgb (default) selected.  
Probably save a backup version of your file first because all of the colours will change within Krita.

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**Author:** ![sooz](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sooz/32/93244_2.png) [@sooz](https://krita-artists.org/u/sooz)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/exporting-art-causes-colors-to-desaturate/96944/3 "2024-07-19T05:53:27Z")

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Uncheck “save as HDR” and it should be better.

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**Author:** ![Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/takiro/32/209381_2.png) [@Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/u/Takiro)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/exporting-art-causes-colors-to-desaturate/96944/4 "2024-07-19T08:39:02Z")

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While you uncheck HDR also set compression to maximum, makes png files smaller (file size, not dimensions) without affecting quality.

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**Author:** ![alvawings](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/alvawings/32/209285_2.png) [@alvawings](https://krita-artists.org/u/alvawings)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/exporting-art-causes-colors-to-desaturate/96944/5 "2024-07-19T08:48:32Z")

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I’ll add that if you have everything in order, your krita file is set to sRGB color space, etcetera… but you still get desaturated colors after you export to PNG, check “Force convert to sRGB” box in the export window.

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**Author:** ![Quarantine](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/cc9497/32.png) [@Quarantine](https://krita-artists.org/u/Quarantine)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/exporting-art-causes-colors-to-desaturate/96944/6 "2024-07-19T20:26:43Z")

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This worked! Thank you, I really appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/1X/e446d8b3077ddf6dfb5b2cd65199c20095b47dcf.png) [@system](https://krita-artists.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/exporting-art-causes-colors-to-desaturate/96944/7 "2024-08-18T20:27:37Z")

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