Background color mismatch

Hello everyone!

New DaVinci Resolve user here! I'm using version 18.1.4 of this app on a 2020 Intel iMac running macOS 12.6.3 and I've noticed the following issue: when choosing a background color for my title (Simple Box 1 Line Lower Third), the color displayed in the timeline / exported video is not quite the same as the selected one.

Take a look at the following screenshots where I'm hovering over using the Digital Color Meter app: https://imgur.com/a/k6T8hri.



Does anyone know how to fix this mismatch? I definitely want a WYSIWYG experience.

Thank-you!

Anyone?

Now I have to take another drink! Read these:

"Grading for Mixed Delivery: Cinema, Home, and Every Screen in Between" by Cullen Kelly
https://blog.frame.io/2019/10/14/gradin ... -delivery/

and

"How to Deal with Levels: Full vs. Video"
by Dan Swierenga
https://www.thepostprocess.com/2019/09/ ... l-vs-video

and I think both cover the issues and the solutions very well.

Understanding color management is also helpful:

"Color Management for Video Editors"
https://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/film-and-video ... o-editors/

The above articles will explain why things change on different displays, different playback engines, and the importance of calibration and color-managed outputs.

I generally try to export a second or two of SMPTE Bars at the head of the project, and I import the file back into Resolve to check it on scopes to verify all the levels are correct. Using calibrated displays is a must -- without that, you have no idea what you're looking at. We also accept that the basic picture is going to change a little bit on different devices, because that's life.

Are you using the automatic color management and DWG? It is incompatible with fusion

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=137485&p=745551&hilit=wide+Gamut#p745551

I definitely want a WYSIWYG experience.