# How to see orignial color images on ParaVIew

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-see-orignial-color-images-on-paraview/11664
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 20, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-see-orignial-color-images-on-paraview/11664 "2023-03-20T14:57:05Z")
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### Author: ![kokebdese](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/kokebdese/32/11182_2.png) [@kokebdese](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kokebdese)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-see-orignial-color-images-on-paraview/11664/1 "2023-03-20T14:57:05Z")

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Hi all,

I tried to open a PNG/Tiff format images using ParaView, but I couldn’t t able to see the original color of the image on ParaView. How can I change to see the original color of the image?

Thanks

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-see-orignial-color-images-on-paraview/11664/2 "2023-03-20T15:05:14Z")

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Uncheck “MapScalars”, this is an advanced option, you may need to press the cog wheel to find it.

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### Author: ![kokebdese](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/kokebdese/32/11182_2.png) [@kokebdese](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kokebdese)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-see-orignial-color-images-on-paraview/11664/3 "2023-03-20T15:09:52Z")

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@Mathieu, Thank you so much! It worked!