My art looks great on iPad but colors look different on every other screen
Why this happens
iPad Pro has a P3 display — a wider color range than most phones, monitors, and all standard screens. Colors that exist in P3 don't exist in sRGB. When viewed on a non-P3 screen they compress to the nearest available equivalent, which looks visibly duller.
THE ONLY REAL FIX IS CHOOSING THE RIGHT PROFILE BEFORE YOU START
- When creating a new canvas: tap the color profile field → choose sRGB IEC61966-2.1. This limits you to colors that exist on all screens — what you see is what everyone else sees
- There is no way to change the color profile of an existing canvas in Procreate. Not without destroying something. The profile is locked from the moment you start drawing
IF YOU ALREADY FINISHED A PIECE IN P3 AND NEED sRGB
Create a new canvas in sRGB at the same dimensions. Go back to the P3 canvas and copy your layers one by one into the new canvas. Warning: blend modes like Multiply and Screen may shift visually when moved between color spaces — check each one after pasting. It's a workaround, not a clean fix. The lesson is: decide the color profile before the first stroke.