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Gamma Explorer

Gamma decides how a code value such as 128 turns into light. When content is made for one gamma and shown on another — sRGB on an old 1.8 Mac, video at 2.4, an LED controller at 2.8 — midtones get lighter or darker and mixed colors change hue. Pick both sides and see what happens to your color, a set of ramps and any image. Theory: RGB, primaries and gamma →

Setup
Content made for
Shown on a display at
Transfer curvescode value → light
Dashed: what the content expects. Solid: what the display does. Dots: your color's R, G and B.
Your coloryour foreground, sent as code values

Rampstop: as intended · bottom: as shown
Imagetest chart
As intendedAs shown
Drag across the image to move the split. Drop or paste an image too — it never leaves your device.