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SirMyztiq

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Chrome colors are off in Plasma except when transparent(SOLVED)

Hello,

So for a while now I've been having issue with the way chrome renders it's content. I got around to getting Infinality bundle installed and the fonts and everything look great. However, there is one flaw that is still killing me. For some reason, certain colors won't show in any page. However, when I resize the window by dragging the borders, it becomes transparent and the colors and ultra-light borders SHOW UP.

This one is with some transperancy
https://goo.gl/photos/HKtvSAmnRkiveLGP9

This one is with full opacity(default)
https://goo.gl/photos/812cESxh4dZQtkhy6

So, I have no idea why this is happening. I have toggled every possible setting there is. I guess there isn't an issue with having some transparency in Chrome but to find a balance will be kind of tough since I don't want it to be see through.

EDIT: The solution was to not blame the application directly, instead, think hardware. As in the monitor. The monitor was doing something screwy, I reset it to factory settings(after I managed to figure out how to change the language from Japanese to English), fiddled with the buttons that I can't see on the side...and now. Everything looks as it should.

Last edited by SirMyztiq (2015-08-17 09:09:31)

Goresome

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Re: Chrome colors are off in Plasma except when transparent(SOLVED)

I can't spot any difference -_- Zoom in on the same spot and show both version on the same image.
And what happens in other browsers?

SirMyztiq

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Re: Chrome colors are off in Plasma except when transparent(SOLVED)

I can't spot any difference -_- Zoom in on the same spot and show both version on the same image.
And what happens in other browsers?

If you look at the fields, the one with transparency has a beige tone to some fields. The other one, with no transparency, is just plain white. You can't even see the border of the element. The same thing happens in Firefox. My hunch is that the theme is overpowering the true nature of the content.

Goresome

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Re: Chrome colors are off in Plasma except when transparent(SOLVED)

I don't see what you can't see Anyway, colours will look different with transparency on dark background, thats given. Also bear in mind that KWIN applies Contrast effect on what being mixed into your trasparent window, so of course colours will look different from reality.

That being said, just pick HEX colour of same pixels you suspect being plain white instead of their real colour, and we will see.

Last edited by Goresome (2015-08-17 07:28:30)

SirMyztiq

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Re: Chrome colors are off in Plasma except when transparent(SOLVED)

I don't see what you can't see Anyway, colours will look different with transparency on dark background, thats given. Also bear in mind that KWIN applies Contrast effect on what being mixed into your trasparent window, so of course colours will look different from reality.

That being said, just pick HEX colour of same pixels you suspect being plain white instead of their real colour, and we will see.

Fair enough. Here are some more closeup pictures.

This is one with transparency set at 86%. You can see the beige color in the shopping cart, the borders are darker, the navigation line also has borders and shadows. You can see the gray in the "contact" box as well as the main content table. Hell, you can even see the section separating line above the "Continue" button. This is what its SUPPOSED to look like. This is how it looks on my Mac, on my phone, on my wife's laptop.

https://goo.gl/photos/R8HVfMqXqCFRXDSG6

Here is how it looks with "default" settings which is basically opacity at 100%. This is exactly what I see on the screen while I'm browsing. No color, its almost completely washed out in white. There is no beige in the shopping cart, the line above the "Continue" button is just plain invisible. Borders are gone because of how washed out it is.

https://goo.gl/photos/WEveA38c3wpQgT1Z8

Whatever KWIN is doing to this while it's active is most definitely the issue. There seems to be a white foreground added on top of what is there. The following picture is the exact same picture as the one above, the washed out one, except this time Google Photos created a modal type effect which grayed it out...the colors are more vivid than without it.

https://goo.gl/photos/DjtgeoiY6qMacxhv9

I hope these clear things up. I know colors look different with transparency since they sort of blend, but that isn't my problem. My problem is that without transparency or some sort of gray overlay, the colors just get washed out. It's absolutely driving me nuts right now. I've researched every thing I could think of. I know there has to be something I need to do to turn off whatever KWIN is adding on top...I...just don't know.

Goresome

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Re: Chrome colors are off in Plasma except when transparent(SOLVED)

There is nothing in transparency screenshot that I dont see in full opacity one, so its basically a placebo effect complemented possibly by:
1) Contrast for transparent windows in KWIN, can be toggled in systemsettings5 -> Desktop Behaviour -> Desktop Effects -> Contrast
2) Compositor can apply gamma/colour correction based on profile (I dont use that), can be found in "Display and Monitor"
3) You monitor Full/Limited colour range setting could be setup wrong, causing percieving difference due to darkening effect on transparency.

Also try using any other WM/Compositor (or simply disable compositing in KWin with Alt+Shift+F12, it can't affect window content non-composited), I'm 99% sure opacity results will be exactly same, without colour profile correction, that is.

Last edited by Goresome (2015-08-17 08:11:27)

SirMyztiq

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Re: Chrome colors are off in Plasma except when transparent(SOLVED)

There is nothing in transparency screenshot that I dont see in full opacity one, so its basically a placebo effect complemented possibly by:
1) Contrast for transparent windows in KWIN, can be toggled in systemsettings5 -> Desktop Behaviour -> Desktop Effects -> Contrast
2) Compositor can apply gamma/colour correction based on profile (I dont use that), can be found in "Display and Monitor"
3) You monitor Full/Limited colour range setting could be setup wrong, causing percieving difference due to darkening effect on transparency.

Also try using any other WM/Compositor (or simply disable compositing in KWin with Alt+Shift+F12, it can't affect window content non-composited), I'm 99% sure opacity results will be exactly same, without colour profile correction, that is.

So...are you saying I'm going crazy?! They both look the same to you? Beige color on the "shopping cart" and whatnot?

EDIT:

Two days dealing with this. Time lost, work left behind because of the anger and despair to figure this out. Then that little line in your last post about my monitor's color range. Out of all the freaking things I didn't check...

Last edited by SirMyztiq (2015-08-17 09:08:07)