Image HSV Values Don't Map to Color Ramp - Why?

[joseph (J)]

Short version- your texture and your color ramp are in different color spaces.
Long version- there’s a thread that can explain in great detail what I just said:

Feedback / Development: Filmic, Baby Step to a V2?

Hey folks… It’s been around a decade since the original tests behind Filmic were done, and given that several folks have been asking for a revised version, I thought I’d sink a bit of time into trying to revise things. This is a configuration to test, and stress test. The design goals are: Not break things too badly, and provide a more or less “seamless” upgrade path. Handle extremely challenging albedo / lighting mixtures more gracefully. Maintain general principles behind the original so t…

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