# Uploading Grayscale images causes the image to be darkened

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-grayscale-images-causes-the-image-to-be-darkened/24616>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [1월 30, 2015, 3:10오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-grayscale-images-causes-the-image-to-be-darkened/24616 "2015-01-30T15:10:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [1월 30, 2015, 11:08오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-grayscale-images-causes-the-image-to-be-darkened/24616/6 "2015-01-30T23:08:41Z")

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Dupe of

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-gravatar-processing-screws-up-gamma/17993](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-gravatar-processing-screws-up-gamma/17993)

I will reclassify that bug since it is reported often enough to be, and seems legit.

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