https://raghukamath.com/tag/basic/Recent content in Basic on Raghukamath – Digital Painter and Freelance Illustrator from IndiaHugoen-inSun, 13 Sep 2026 18:15:43 +0530https://raghukamath.com/why-does-my-artwork-exported-from-krita-look-dark-or-washed-out/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 18:15:43 +0530https://raghukamath.com/why-does-my-artwork-exported-from-krita-look-dark-or-washed-out/<p><img src="cover.webp" alt="cover image showing different colored artwork in different programs"></p> <p>Over the years, while answering many questions about Krita on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/krita/">Reddit</a>, <a href="https://krita-artists.org/">Krita-Artists</a>, and other Krita forums, I have observed that this question often comes up. Krita provides a variety of color profiles, and while experimenting or due to a lack of knowledge, new users stumble upon this issue regularly. When you export a Krita image and share it online on forums, Discord, or internet portfolio websites, or open it in a photo viewer, your artwork looks drastically different than what it looks like in Krita. This really puzzles many new users. The fix to this is really simple; this might happen to you due to the reasons mentioned below. Let us go through the problems and solutions one by one and troubleshoot this issue.</p> <h2 id="why-does-my-exported-artwork-look-different-when-opened-outside-krita">Why does my exported artwork look different when opened outside Krita?</h2> <p>The simple answer to this question is the type of color profile used for the document when creating the artwork. While Krita is a color-managed application, not all applications support every type of color profile or bit depth that you can use in Krita. Some restrict to 8-bit or some restrict to only sRGB and do not support CMYK, LAB, or other color profiles available in Krita. When you save a PNG or JPG with a color profile that an application does not support, it will make the artwork look different than what it looks like inside Krita.</p>