# Textures coming out washed out **URL:** \ **Category:** Rendering\ **Tags:** unreal-engine, pixel, question\ **Created:** [September 5, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908 "2019-09-05T20:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![polystation](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@polystation](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/polystation)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908/1 "2019-09-05T20:08:39Z")
Ok so, I’ve had this problem for a few years. Some (but not all) low res textures I import into ue4 get super desaturated once they reach the material editor. ![286520-originaltexture.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/0/1/e/01eff3abb007754dddd2f41d1eb02c81ef8c5ec9.png) ![286581-new-texture.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/9/b/e/9be353d8dfb428e1873d94719f02377846911a25.png) I’ve seen other people with this problem but when I follow the advice they got it doesn’t help. Any advice or explanation appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908/2 "2019-09-06T18:48:06Z")
What are you material settings there? If I put your texture as the base of a default material, it looks fine. Starts to look more washed out on the emissive pin. What else did you do in this setup? ---
**Author:** ![polystation](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@polystation](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/polystation)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908/3 "2019-09-07T04:06:09Z")
It’s set to unlit and the color is feeding in to emissive, everything else is default, maybe I I’m misinterpreting how unlit works but usually this seems to results in an unshaded render of my texture with 1:1 color values ---
**Author:** ![polystation](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@polystation](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/polystation)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908/4 "2019-09-07T04:09:41Z")
now that I’m actually examining the color values though it looks like it makes it slightly brighter, which is why I’ve only noticed it on bright pastel textures, any suggestions for an unshaded, unbrightened texture? ---
**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908/5 "2019-09-07T09:42:13Z")
Sorry, can’t replicate your situation here. The material you have in the image is not default unlit, as the pins available don’t match up with that. If you can give me the details, I’ll still take a look… ---
**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908/6 "2019-09-07T09:44:41Z")
It looks ok like this: ![286677-unlit.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/5/2/7/527b2ccf7e46c56550b6e071c9b099e51bcbea62.png) ![286678-look.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/3/5/e/35ef544713be469dea2742a25133554cd24e9b43.png) ---
**Author:** ![sergukmusienko](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@sergukmusienko](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/sergukmusienko)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908/7 "2019-09-07T10:10:28Z")
Try may help: in texture settings (not in materials): Level Of Detail → Mip Gen Settings → set → NoMipmaps ---
**Author:** ![Sakugastreet1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Sakugastreet1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Sakugastreet1)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908/8 "2023-04-11T04:04:31Z")
Im having the same issue… Did you ever find a solution? ---
**Author:** ![BananableOffense](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@BananableOffense](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BananableOffense)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908/9 "2023-04-11T16:22:48Z")
This is usually due to linear vs sRGB. You might try enabling sRGB in the texture settings, and setting the sampler to color instead of linear. ---
**Author:** ![Bosmeesters](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Bosmeesters](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Bosmeesters)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908/10 "2023-12-20T14:30:28Z")
Additionally it may be that yout texture has 16bit depth. Changing the bitdepth to 8bit (in Photoshop/Gimp) did the trick for me. ---
**Author:** ![TorQueMoD](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/torquemod/32/710746_2.png) [@TorQueMoD](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/TorQueMoD)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/textures-coming-out-washed-out/454908/11 "2026-04-01T06:52:15Z")
Make sure your PNG is 8-Bit RGB not 16. If it’s 16, it will import washed out. Alternatively, use TGA. Jpegs will be compressed and your image quality will be significantly reduced.