topic Re: EOS R6 Mark II Inaccurate colors and skin tones in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS R6 Mark II Inaccurate colors and skin tones

cameragirl5 — Sat, 24 May 2025 16:12:51 GMT

I have been doing portraits for years and my editing has become so effortless. However, I can't for the life of me get a good color on my images from the Canon R6 Mark 2. The skin is YELLOW and desaturated looking. I feel like I have to do editing gymnastics and I still cannot figure out how to make my images look good. For reference, I have been using the 6D and my images were flawless in color or I could push the boundaries in post. I am at a loss. HELP!

Re: EOS R6 Mark II Inaccurate colors and skin tones

rs-eos — Sat, 24 May 2025 16:33:43 GMT

What is your complete color workflow? Here's my checklist that I use when I need completely accurate color:

Set camera to either Faithful or Neutral
Capture in RAW
Use lighting that can properly reproduce all colors (either the sun, or strobes that score very high in TM-30; a better specification than CRI)
Set appropriate color temperature (while this isn't baked in to RAW files, if it's far off, it can affect exposure). For all my strobes, this is 6300ºK
Every time the lighting changes, capture an image of a color chart.
In post-production, edit in the widest possible color gamut (ProPhoto RGB)

Re: EOS R6 Mark II Inaccurate colors and skin tones

johnrmoyer — Sat, 24 May 2025 19:44:52 GMT

rs-eos gave good advice.

If using the "Standard" picture style in 2 different Canon cameras and the same white balance, the results for both cameras will be similar when editing the raw file in Canon DPP software.

If using other software or some sort of camera specific preset, then it is difficult to predict.

It might help if you provided a raw file from each camera showing the difference.

Re: EOS R6 Mark II Inaccurate colors and skin tones

Peter — Sat, 24 May 2025 20:37:19 GMT

Are you using third-party software?

Re: EOS R6 Mark II Inaccurate colors and skin tones

justadude — Sat, 24 May 2025 20:52:09 GMT

I'm curious if you are shooting in jpeg? I find the R6 Mk ll very accurate with skin tones, but I shoot in RAW.