# Uploading image makes it black (not darker!)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-image-makes-it-black-not-darker/27115
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [2 أبريل 2015، 1:49م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-image-makes-it-black-not-darker/27115 "2015-04-02T13:49:30Z")
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### Author: ![anon25879736](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)
#### Post date: [2 أبريل 2015، 3:49م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-image-makes-it-black-not-darker/27115/4 "2015-04-02T15:49:18Z")

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Seems like a dup of [Uploading Grayscale images causes the image to be darkened](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-grayscale-images-causes-the-image-to-be-darkened/24616). The reason that the image is going black when uploaded is that the source image is so dark to begin with. Testing to be sure:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/2/621df6061bb265361c3873522ea305c6b5ccaeaf.png) 

And with a single de-grayed pixel (top-left pixel changed from RGB(53,53,53) to RGB(54,53,53)):

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/a/aa254cd9be6171d0e7f4650bbcd1c04e2dec5860.png)

**Edit:** Make sure to check the full size images. The thumbnails are reduced in size enough that the color shift doesn’t have an effect on the darkening of the image.

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