Why do colors from RAW images look different than “raw” colors in real life?

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Colors from RAW images look different than “raw” colors in real life and somehow… “ugly”. Of course these files needs post-processing so the colors of those will be better and life-like, but I think there is something about the camera, the sensor… so that RAW files look like that.

I’m looking forward to reading interesting explanations from you guys!

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> I think there is something about the camera, the sensor… so that RAW files look like that.

Yeah, that’s kind of the point. RAW images are exactly the data that comes out of the sensor, which sees colors differently to your eye simply because *it’s not a human eye*. The whole purpose of the format is that you get to do the corrections the camera usually would automatically apply to make the image appear like what you’d see with your eyes.

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