<p>I see the correct color on Youtube. via Flash player on Windows 7.</p>

<p>Sounds like either a gamma issue with the errant players, not Youtube. Try VLC.</p>

<p>--or--</p>

<p>Your FCP output isn't properly tagged. Its colorspace is Rec 709 but it's tagged as Rec 601 (or something else).</p>

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2015-12-21T19:56:15.843Z
On a mac, when I open VLC > Open Network > paste my youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heuPCADkS0o, then I see the correct color. But still don't see the correct color in Chrome on YouTube. Would you suggest changing the FCP output to Rec 709?
evan
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2015-12-21T20:13:25.620Z
Yes, that should be the default.
Gyan
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2015-12-21T16:24:19.433Z
2015-12-21T16:24:19.433Z
Gyan
<p>After uploading to YouTube, the green in my video is being processed with a weird tint (like a sea foam green). In the image below, I'm hoping for the blueish/green color on the left, but that color only shows in Safari (and sometimes Chrome) - otherwise it's mostly showing the color incorrectly.</p>

<p>Even more strange is when I use Quicktime on my Mac to screen record the video when the color is displaying incorrectly on YouTube, the end result when I play it back in quicktime shows the correct color. For example, watch my YouTube video: <div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/heuPCADkS0o?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div>, then see the screen capture here: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7-2T7XJFKEKdklRQUpDaTdUYVU/view" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7-2T7XJFKEKdklRQUpDaTdUYVU/view</a>.</p>

<p>This is only happening with the green color, all the other colors are correct. I'm exporting from Final Cut Pro on a Mac, I've tried my color display on my Mac at Color LCD and Color LCD Calibrated. Any idea why the color is being processed incorrectly once it's playing in YouTube?</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/p9AHd.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/p9AHd.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2016-01-20T20:24:39.410Z
Just some considerations, the reply to your answer itself is a bit more extended and I have not the whole vision to suggest you except of check the profile you are using. But the variables are a lot, consider that this can differ if the video is played as flash player or html5 and also different browsers handles and apply color profiles in a different way. This is true also for images with embedded ICC profile. About the "green" but other colors, well, that green is shifted in a more visible way but i'm pretty sure all the colors get a slight modification.
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Color is being processed strangely after uploading to YouTube
evan
# Color is being processed strangely after uploading to YouTube

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-21)

After uploading to YouTube, the green in my video is being processed with a weird tint (like a sea foam green). In the image below, I'm hoping for the blueish/green color on the left, but that color only shows in Safari (and sometimes Chrome) - otherwise it's mostly showing the color incorrectly.

Even more strange is when I use Quicktime on my Mac to screen record the video when the color is displaying incorrectly on YouTube, the end result when I play it back in quicktime shows the correct color. For example, watch my YouTube video:, then see the screen capture here: <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7-2T7XJFKEKdklRQUpDaTdUYVU/view>.

This is only happening with the green color, all the other colors are correct. I'm exporting from Final Cut Pro on a Mac, I've tried my color display on my Mac at Color LCD and Color LCD Calibrated. Any idea why the color is being processed incorrectly once it's playing in YouTube?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/p9AHd.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/p9AHd.png)

**Tags:** color, video

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Just some considerations, the reply to your answer itself is a bit more extended and I have not the whole vision to suggest you except of check the profile you are using. But the variables are a lot, consider that this can differ if the video is played as flash player or html5 and also different browsers handles and apply color profiles in a different way. This is true also for images with embedded ICC profile. About the "green" but other colors, well, that green is shifted in a more visible way but i'm pretty sure all the colors get a slight modification.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-12-21. Score: 0

I see the correct color on Youtube. via Flash player on Windows 7.

Sounds like either a gamma issue with the errant players, not Youtube. Try VLC.

--or--

Your FCP output isn't properly tagged. Its colorspace is Rec 709 but it's tagged as Rec 601 (or something else).

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: On a mac, when I open VLC > Open Network > paste my youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heuPCADkS0o, then I see the correct color. But still don't see the correct color in Chrome on YouTube. Would you suggest changing the FCP output to Rec 709?  
> **username_2**: Yes, that should be the default.  

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