# Getting right color when opening geotiff

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-right-color-when-opening-geotiff/15112
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 24, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-right-color-when-opening-geotiff/15112 "2024-07-24T02:24:03Z")
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### Author: ![Vinicius](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/vinicius/32/11512_2.png) [@Vinicius](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Vinicius)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-right-color-when-opening-geotiff/15112/1 "2024-07-24T02:24:03Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to open the following GeoTIFF in ParaView to associate the geological map with my VTK 3D mesh. However, ParaView displays the image with different red tones. Is there a way to import the GeoTIFF with the correct colors, or is there a format I can convert the GeoTIFF to (using QGIS) so it opens properly?

Original geotiff:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cad3e89089f41bf6a1224117093e21b968d47583.jpeg)

ParaView importing:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/34eb17e7d72b8c6ef286a9fe20c762f0238ea44b.jpeg)

Thank you in advance.

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-right-color-when-opening-geotiff/15112/2 "2024-07-24T10:19:19Z")

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Hi @Vinicius , it looks to me like ParaView might be treating the RGB colors in the GeoTIFF as a vector field and mapping the magnitude of that vector to color.

To stop this mapping and show the RGB colors, go to the Properties panel and search for the **Scalar Coloring** section. Uncheck the box that says **Map Scalars**. That should hopefully do it.

If not, please share one of these GeoTIFFs if you can so someone can take a closer look.

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### Author: ![Vinicius](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/vinicius/32/11512_2.png) [@Vinicius](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Vinicius)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-right-color-when-opening-geotiff/15112/3 "2024-07-26T00:06:35Z")

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Hi @cory.quammen, it worked. Thank you very much.

Just sharing here (in case someone is facing the same issue): to toggle advanced properties, you need to click the button with the gear icon to the right of the search field in the Properties panel.