# Results for different color space handling
This section describes how MediaLive handles the color space and color space metadata that it encounters in the source input, depending on how you set up the color space in the output.
**Topics**
+ [Result when passing through color space](colorspace-output-passthrough.md)
+ [Result when converting color space to SDR](colorspace-output-sdr.md)
+ [Result when converting color space to HDR10](colorspace-output-hdr10.md)
+ [Result when converting color space to Dolby Vision 8.1](color-space-output-dolby81.md)
+ [Result when removing color space metadata](colorspace-output-remove.md)
# Result when passing through color space
Read this section if you set up one or more MediaLive outputs to [pass through the color space](colorspace-output-setup.md#colorspace-output-setup-passthrough). The following table shows how MediaLive handles each type of color space that it encounters in the source.
| Color space that MediaLive encounters | How MediaLive handles the color space |
| --- | --- |
| Content in any color space that MediaLive supports | Doesn't touch the color space or brightness (the pixel values) in the output. Passes through any of the three sets of metadata that are present. |
| Content in a color space that MediaLive supports, but that isn't supported for the output codec. | This conversion isn't supported. After conversion, the color map of the content will be completely wrong. |
| Content marked with unknown or an unsupported color space | Doesn't touch the color space or brightness (the pixel values) in the output. Leaves the content as marked with the unknown color space. Passes through any brightness metadata and display metadata. |
| Content with no color space metadata | Doesn't touch the color space or brightness (the pixel values) in the output. Leaves the content as unmarked (no color space metadata). |
# Result when converting color space to SDR
Read this section if you set up one or more MediaLive outputs to [convert the color space](colorspace-output-setup.md#colorspace-output-setup-convert) to Rec. 601 or Rec. 709. The following table shows how MediaLive handles each type of color space that it encounters in the source.
[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/medialive/latest/ug/colorspace-output-sdr.html)
# Result when converting color space to HDR10
Read this section if you set up one or more MediaLive outputs to [convert the color space](colorspace-output-setup.md#colorspace-output-setup-convert) to HDR10. The following table shows how MediaLive handles each type of color space that it encounters in the source.
| Color space that MediaLive encounters | How MediaLive handles the color space |
| --- | --- |
| Content in an SDR color space | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/medialive/latest/ug/colorspace-output-hdr10.html) This conversion fits the smaller SDR color space into the larger HDR color space and maps the pixels to new code values that represent the same color. The conversion doesn't actually make the existing color richer. However, the bright parts of the content are brighter, and the dark parts are darker. |
| Content in HDR10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/medialive/latest/ug/colorspace-output-hdr10.html) |
| Content in HLG | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/medialive/latest/ug/colorspace-output-hdr10.html) |
| Content in Dolby Vision 8.1 | This conversion isn't supported. After conversion, the color map of the content could be completely wrong. |
| Content marked with an unknown or unsupported color space | We can't make any promises about how MediaLive will handle source content that is in an unsupported color space. Any of the following might apply: [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/medialive/latest/ug/colorspace-output-hdr10.html) |
| Content with no color space metadata | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/medialive/latest/ug/colorspace-output-hdr10.html) |
# Result when converting color space to Dolby Vision 8.1
Read this section if you set up one or more MediaLive outputs to [convert the color space](colorspace-output-setup.md#colorspace-output-setup-convert) to Dolby Vision 8.1. The following table shows how MediaLive handles each type of color space that it encounters in the source.
[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/medialive/latest/ug/color-space-output-dolby81.html)
# Result when removing color space metadata
Read this section if you set up one or more MediaLive outputs to [pass through the color space](colorspace-output-setup.md#colorspace-output-setup-passthrough) or [convert the color space](colorspace-output-setup.md#colorspace-output-setup-convert) and you chose to remove the color space metadata. The following table shows how MediaLive handles each type of color space that it encounters in the source.
| Color space that MediaLive encounters | How MediaLive handles the color space |
| --- | --- |
| Content in any color space that MediaLive supports Content with no color space metadata | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/medialive/latest/ug/colorspace-output-remove.html)The output won't contain any color space metadata, brightness metadata, or display metadata. |
| Content marked with an unknown or unsupported color space | We can't make any promises about how MediaLive will handle input that is in an unsupported color space. Any of the following might apply: [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/medialive/latest/ug/colorspace-output-remove.html) |