So dull - Color differences between InDesign and Publisher, both set to sRGB

[Vinterstille]

When importing the same image in Publisher and InDesign, both set to sRGB - the colours are clearly incorrect in Publisher. sRGB is set in program settings AND for the document.

What can I do to change this?

If you look at the UI in Publisher in the screenshot, you can see bright colors CAN be shown in the software, but I just can't get the document to show bright colors. The screenshot below is taken on a normal 1440p 10 bit Philips screen. The differences is even more vivid in real life than when importing this picture to this forum.


 

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[lepr]

24 minutes ago, Return said:

Perhaps this has something to do with it.

 

In the screenshot, the Adobe display is the one that matches the image file. It's the Affinity display that looks wrong.

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[lepr]

1 hour ago, Return said:

Really?

Absolutely yes.

Your screenshot shows Affinity displaying the iStock image file correctly on your machine.

I was talking about the OP's attachments (screenshot and image file) in a correctly colour managed browser and when I open the attachments in other colour managed software on my Mac. These attachments show the image being displayed wrongly in Affinity on the OP's machine for some reason.

[lepr]

2 hours ago, Vinterstille said:

The differences is even more vivid in real life than when importing this picture to this forum.

The forum software messes with uploaded image files before displaying them, so pease zip up your iStock sample image file and screenshot then attach the zip file in a new comment.

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[thomaso]

Your Affinity document colour setting shows a certain moment of this document. It does not tell the conditions for document creation + handling of placed files.

• Can you show your Affinity colour preferences?
• Did you change the colour settings between creation and screenshot …
   … in your document properties?
   … in your Affinity colour preferences?

Also note,
– your ID settings use an "Adobe (ACE)" rendering engine which isn't available in Affinity.
– changing the Affinity colour preferences after document creation has no influence for existing documents.

Your uploaded image source seems to be different from my iStock layout download – while both are RGB and have no profile embedded. Placed in an sRGB .afpup:

[lepr]

1 hour ago, Return said:

Image found here https://www.istockphoto.com/nl/vector/abstract-colorful-seamless-pattern-background-gm477177872-66707761

 

Yes, I found that earlier, but different pages feature the image with different saturation levels, and so it would be best if we had the OP's file.