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Image colors changing when importing and scaling
#1
Hi everyone! 
I'm having some issues with the color of my images, hope someone can help me. 
I have basic knowledge of G.I.M.P., but I have been able to use it for a while without issues until now.

The issue is when I import an image (.png) the color is completely different from what it's supposed to be, for example a bright blue logo appears grey once imported, and I have to select some pretty extreme settings in the color filters to change it back to what it's supposed to be.

I used to be able to import any image (as well as this same logo on other projects) normally before and never had an issue, but I recently started to see this change in the 2.10 version, so I updated it to the 3.0 version to see if that fixed it, but I still get the same issue. 
Also, I'm saving my project, and when I reopen it, some of the images appear distorted for some reason.

Any idea what might be happening? Is this a bug, or some setting I'm overlooking? Thanks!
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#2
(Yesterday, 10:41 AM)RAS88 Wrote: .....snip....
The issue is when I import an image (.png) the color is completely different from what it's supposed to be, for example a bright blue logo appears grey once imported. ....snip...

Things to check.
What is the color mode of the logo ? Image -> Mode. If it is not RGB make it RGB.
Are you opening the logo over an existing image ? File -> Open as layers or maybe a copy / paste into. What is the color mode of the image, Is it Indexed or Greyscale ? Again change the mode to RGB.

Short explanation. There is coercion, The imported image takes on the property of the base image. Generally, make sure you work in RGB mode.
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#3
What are your color management options? Do you get questions about a color profile?

For the distortion, can you post before/after images?
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