#1694·imgproxy

Wrong svg watermark color with color spaces

Author: marcoreniCreated Jul 15, 2026Updated Jul 21, 2026

We are encountering a problem with applying an SVG watermark on top of an image. We noticed that the watermark has a slightly different color according to the input image, so we tried to understand what the difference was.

It seems that, if the source image color profile is Adobe RGB, the color of the watermark gets mutated.

Scenario OK (sRGB) => http://localhost:8080/_/wms:768:480/wm:1:sowe:0:0:1/wmu:aHR0cDovL2Q0amVrZ3JmbHR5OTkubWVkaWFzZXRwbGF5Lm1lZGlhc2V0Lml0L21pc2MvdGVtcC9ncmFkaWVudF9jcF9zMS5zdmc/rs:fill-down:768:480:1/dpr:2/plain/https%3A%2F%2Fdam.cloud.mediaset.net%2Fasset%2F1c8bd956-a467-40e4-b655-22f51a0a6d21%2Fbd096f26-a4f4-4e49-b80d-b14d0507ac21_source-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg

Scenario "with different color" (Adobe RGB) => http://localhost:8080/_/wms:768:480/wm:1:sowe:0:0:1/wmu:aHR0cDovL2Q0amVrZ3JmbHR5OTkubWVkaWFzZXRwbGF5Lm1lZGlhc2V0Lml0L21pc2MvdGVtcC9ncmFkaWVudF9jcF9zMS5zdmc/rs:fill-down:768:480:1/dpr:2/plain/https%3A%2F%2Fdam.cloud.mediaset.net%2Fasset%2Fb165a93e-201f-4c69-8d0e-a7298dbb9350%2FGenerated-image.jpg

We also tried changing the watermark image, it seems that the problem persists (you can see that the image is "bluer").

Scenario OK (sRGB) => http://localhost:8080/_/wms:768:480/wm:1:sowe:0:0:1/wmu:aHR0cDovL2Q0amVrZ3JmbHR5OTkubWVkaWFzZXRwbGF5Lm1lZGlhc2V0Lml0L21pc2MvdGVtcC9jdXAuc3Zn/rs:fill-down:768:480:1/dpr:2/plain/https%3A%2F%2Fdam.cloud.mediaset.net%2Fasset%2F1c8bd956-a467-40e4-b655-22f51a0a6d21%2Fbd096f26-a4f4-4e49-b80d-b14d0507ac21_source-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg

Scenario KO (Adobe RGB) => http://localhost:8080/_/wms:768:480/wm:1:sowe:0:0:1/wmu:aHR0cDovL2Q0amVrZ3JmbHR5OTkubWVkaWFzZXRwbGF5Lm1lZGlhc2V0Lml0L21pc2MvdGVtcC9jdXAuc3Zn/rs:fill-down:768:480:1/dpr:2/plain/https%3A%2F%2Fdam.cloud.mediaset.net%2Fasset%2Fb165a93e-201f-4c69-8d0e-a7298dbb9350%2FGenerated-image.jpg

We were able to replicate the same issue also on a different image that presented the same "Adobe RGB" color profile.

What could be the issue? We expect the color of the svg to be the same.