Why do JPEGs exported from Lightroom look different in other viewers and browsers?

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I’m new to Lightroom 5. When I edit a photo in the Develop module and export it as a JPEG, the exported file looks correct inside Lightroom—even if I re-import it—but it shows a different color cast in other JPEG viewers and browsers. I tried exporting in both sRGB and Adobe RGB (1998), but the mismatch remains. What causes Lightroom to display different colors than other apps, and how can I fix it?

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Apparently this was the result of an improper OS-level color management setting. Following these instructions fixed it!

Windows

  1. Close Lightroom.
  2. Go to Start menu > Control Panel > Color Management.
  3. Click the Devices tab if it’s not already selected.
  4. From the Device pop-up, select your monitor. If you have more than 1 monitor connected, pressing the Identify monitors button will display a large number on screen for identification.
  5. Check the ‘Use my settings for this device’ checkbox.
  6. Make a note of the currently selected profile, which is marked as (default). If there isn’t an existing profile, you can skip this step.
  7. Click the Add button.
  8. In the Associate Color Profile dialog, select sRGB IE61966-2.1 (sRGB Color Space Profile.icm) and press OK.
  9. Back in the Color Management dialog, select the sRGB profile and click Set as Default Profile, and then close the dialog.

Mac OS X

  1. Close Lightroom.
  2. Go to System Preferences > Display.
  3. Select the Color tab.
  4. Press the Calibrate button and follow the instructions.
  5. Turn on the Expert Options and calibrate to gamma 2.2.

Originally by user27832. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

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This is usually a color-management issue, not a Lightroom rendering bug. Lightroom is color managed, so it respects the image’s ICC profile and your monitor profile. Many basic JPEG viewers do not, so they may display the file with the wrong colors.

In your case, the reported fix was correcting the OS monitor color profile. On Windows, go to Control Panel > Color Management, select your monitor, enable “Use my settings for this device,” and set a proper profile such as sRGB IEC61966-2.1 if your current profile is wrong or corrupted.

A good way to confirm the cause is to view the JPEG in a color-managed app and compare it with a non-color-managed viewer. If the color-managed viewer matches Lightroom, the export is likely fine and the mismatch is coming from the viewer or system profile.

For widest compatibility, export JPEGs in sRGB. Adobe RGB can look wrong in apps that ignore embedded profiles. If even sRGB exports still look off everywhere except Lightroom, check and reset your monitor/OS color management settings.

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