The output image uses Rec. 709 R’G’B’ components, where the darkest value is 16 and the brightest is 235, which is why the colors look washed out. It would be f

The output image uses Rec. 709 R’G’B’ components, where the darkest value is 16 and the brightest is 235, which is why the colors look washed out. It would be fair to convert back to the original color space for the comparison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._709 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._709