diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b12e299211..e33dde52e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Version History
 -   Both geometric and volumetric models can now have their child
     geometry/volume objects rebound using an object parameter
 -   Fix light leaking artifacts at poles of HDRI (and Sun-Sky) light
+-   Add sRGB conversion to `ospExamples` such that the color of the
+    widget for `backgroundColor` actually matches 
 -   Dropping support for MSVC14, new minimum compiler on Windows is
     MSVC15 (Visual Studio 2017)
 
diff --git a/apps/ospExamples/GLFWOSPRayWindow.cpp b/apps/ospExamples/GLFWOSPRayWindow.cpp
index dbd680693d..1edcda7c10 100644
--- a/apps/ospExamples/GLFWOSPRayWindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/ospExamples/GLFWOSPRayWindow.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2018-2020 Intel Corporation
+// Copyright 2018-2021 Intel Corporation
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 #include "GLFWOSPRayWindow.h"
@@ -561,7 +561,11 @@ void GLFWOSPRayWindow::buildUI()
     addObjectToCommit(renderer->handle());
   }
 
-  if (ImGui::ColorEdit3("backgroundColor", bgColor)) {
+  static vec3f bgColorSRGB{0.0f}; // imGUI's widget implicitely uses sRGB
+  if (ImGui::ColorEdit3("backgroundColor", bgColorSRGB)) {
+    bgColor = vec3f(std::pow(bgColorSRGB.x, 2.2f),
+        std::pow(bgColorSRGB.y, 2.2f),
+        std::pow(bgColorSRGB.z, 2.2f)); // approximate
     rendererPT.setParam("backgroundColor", bgColor);
     rendererSV.setParam("backgroundColor", bgColor);
     rendererAO.setParam("backgroundColor", bgColor);