Odd! All my pics uploaded to Flickr match the originals.


Browser matters, too. Previously color space and ICC profile didn't matter much for web display since most browsers ignored the tags and just used sRGB as the color space. However, some current browsers (e.g. Apple's Safari 5) respect the embedded ICC profile and adjust the color to match your display, the idea being to represent the 'true' color (which really only works if you're also using a calibrated monitor). ClickHEREfor an example of the effect of embedding a profile (if the image on the left changes as you mouse-over it, you havelearned that your browser ignores the profile;clicking changes the gamma to match Apple's default 1.8 vs. Windows default 2.2).


Quote Originally Posted by Baker
how do I see what color profile was used?

On the photo in Flickr, click Actions > View EXIF info - that will show the color space. How you check the original file depends on your OS and software (Mac OS X displays that info in Finder > Get Info).