# How Software Gets Color Wrong

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/color-wrong
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://bottosson.github.io/posts/colorwrong/
Added: 2026-09-22

## Summary

Why blending in gamma-encoded sRGB gives muddy results, and why HSL and HSV inherit the same flaws.

The fix it proposes is simple: linear sRGB for physical operations, a perceptual space like OKLab for everything else.

- Resource: [How Software Gets Color Wrong](https://bottosson.github.io/posts/colorwrong/)
- By: Björn Ottosson
- Published: 2020
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: intermediate
- Tags: color-spaces, perception, oklab, cielab, designer, developer

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