# Uploading image makes it black (not darker!)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-image-makes-it-black-not-darker/27115>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [02.Апрель.2015 13:49:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-image-makes-it-black-not-darker/27115 "2015-04-02T13:49:30Z")\
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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:** [02.Апрель.2015 22:39:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-image-makes-it-black-not-darker/27115/5 "2015-04-02T22:39:47Z")

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I thought updating ImageMagick did _not_ fix the darkening problem? @sam tested it and said, it did not:

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-greyscale-jpg-avatar-processing-adds-darkness/17993/22?u=codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-greyscale-jpg-avatar-processing-adds-darkness/17993/22)

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