I started my search by Googling Flickr and color space since that is where I was thinking the problem with my desaturated photos originate. It turns out, yes and no. Flickr at one time stripped out the color profile during resizing to save space, but apparently doesn’t do that anymore. The biggest difference is that I changed from importing my photos with Picasa in Windows to importing them with Image Capture on my Mac. I have it set to sRBG when I export photos from Lightroom, but I’m thinking that they aren’t. I need to double check to see if a color profile is being set on import.

Also, Safari is the only browser that respects color profiles in images, so if you want to know what they really look like, use Safari*. They look fine there. Maybe someday all browsers will respect color profiles, and it won’t be such a PITA.

ETA: Fixed. Changing the color space used on import along with double and triple making sure it exports as sRBG is working. I replaced James’ photo that I posted today, and it looks better.

*For those not-in-the-know, you can get Safari for Windows. I have it installed on my work desktop for testing.