Using Photo (or anything?) to fix LR dng colours?

[mixel]

Ok, this is going to be confusing..

 

So, Affinity Photo came out so I'm trying other workflows outside of Lightroom/Photoshop, I've experimented with many now, but when I load my Lightroom converted .dngs (about a quarter of my photos) into Apple Photos, or Capture One - the colours go absolutely crazy.

 

Then, if I load the same photo into LR or Affinity Photos the colours go back to normal. But then if I "develop" them, save them out, and re-import them to Photos? They go back to day-glo colours after a second of previewing correctly.

 

I'd thought it was Adobe's fault the dngs were displaying weirdly, and was getting annoyed at Adobe, but then - how come they view correctly in Affinity Photo? Is this Apple and the Capture one guys dropping the ball in their support for dngs? (Ive learnt my lesson and will use NEFs from now on, but it's too late to save these old photos!)

 

Basically, I'm really confused and wondering if anyone has a solution to this. 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

PS: Terrible photo attachment but illustrate what I mean!

[JimGoshorn]

OK, the first thing that comes immediately to mind is that you might have a color space issue. In the screenshot on the right in Photo, the document is set to sRGB (very small color space used for monitor display). The one on the right doesn't show the color space used but it would appear that it is a wider space than sRGB. Smaller spaces will tone the colors down while wide spaces will allow more saturated and vibrant colors. Check to see that you are using the same space. Also note that sometimes if you create a document in a small space and then display it in to a wide space, it can throw the colors off.

 

If this is the issue, welcome to the world of color management  :)