Solved Is flag #force-color-profile gone?

someone

Hi,

after updating to 5.2.2623.24 (Stable channel) (32-bit) the content colors are washed out.

Example:

The cause appears to be that the flag #force-color-profile has been removed.
How can I get correct color rendering back on my hardware calibrated monitor with Vivaldi (very helpful, e.g., when browsing photo sites ;-))?

Thanks, someone

mib2berlin

@someone
Hi, you can enable vivaldi://flags/#temporary-unexpire-flags-m99
to get it back but at some point the Chromium developer remove it completely.

Cheers, mib

someone

@mib2berlin
m99 for the rescue! You're a godsend. Thanks a lot.

> but at some point the Chromium developer remove it completely.
Without any effective compensation this surely will be a bummer for me - and likely the end of Vivaldi being my daily driver.

Again, thanks heaps!

someone

TD4

I'm currently still on 5.1.2567.73
Does the "temporary-unexpire-flags-m99" only appear once you've updated to the latest version? I only have M96 and M97 flags showing at present.

Secondary question. What is or was the best setting to use in "force-color-profile" if you use an Adobe RGB calibrated monitor?

Thank you.

mib2berlin

@someone
I am glad it help you.
I guess it is the same for Chrome, Edge and so forth but many users of image or video editors need this, therefor I think there must be another way to use color profiles in Chromium browsers.

Have a nice day, mib

someone

Now Edge just has been updated over here -> same issue, same remedy.

DoctorG

@someone said in Is flag #force-color-profile gone?:

colors are washed out

how can i test this? Any image with a embedded colour profile?

How can I get correct color rendering back on my hardware calibrated monitor

I have a Eizo sRGB and all is nice.
Which colour space does your monitor use? Wide Gamut?

someone

@doctorg said in Is flag #force-color-profile gone?:

how can i test this? Any image with a embedded colour profile?

No, just (any) web page with sensitive colors!

I have a Eizo sRGB and all is nice.
Which colour space does your monitor use? Wide Gamut?

It's a CG2730 (WideGarmut), the target profile is

Edit:
So, though it's a Wide Garmut monitor my standard calibration targets for non graphical stuff are all sRGB. My guess is, by default (without an enforced color profile) the web render engine is doing a color mapping against the maximum color space specification of the monitor.
This is ok for non-calibrated workflows (where the "average Joe" browsing the web with a small gamut monitor), but if there's calibration involved the render engine generally shouldn't do any color mapping on its own, (for images/videos as well, when there are no embedded color profiles attached to the content).

It should immediately becoming obvious with almost any web site. It's not about images with embedded color profiles. It's about the general rendering colors towards the (relevant) profile set in Windows in the absence of embedded color profiles (e.g., colors defined by CSS).

radekwierzbicki

Looks like the solution provided by @mib2berlin works. I think there are many users with wide gamut displays that will be affected by the lack of this feature. Is there any chance of keeping such option in vivaldi?

someone

Now it seems to be gone.

Edit: removed inappropriate comment.

DoctorG

@someone vivaldi://flags/#force-color-profile works in Vivaldi 5.6.2867.58 (Stable) + 5.7.2901.3 (Snapshot)+ 5.7.2909.* (Dev).

And it exists in Chromium 109.0.5414.75 and 110.0.5481.38.

What is gone for you?

someone

@DoctorG said in Is flag #force-color-profile gone?:

What is gone for you?
The proper color rendition - at least on the machine I've posted from yesterday.

Is it still ok for you?

Now on my business machine it appears to be still ok with the same Vivaldi version and (hardware) color profile. Weird.

So first, I edit my previous post. Second, I have to hunt the real cause after work. Will report back.

Thanks for your helpful reply.