diff --git a/src/renderer/editor/fbx_importer.cpp b/src/renderer/editor/fbx_importer.cpp
index c7f60373e5..235e0ceb43 100644
--- a/src/renderer/editor/fbx_importer.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/editor/fbx_importer.cpp
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ struct FBXImporter : ModelImporter {
 					mat_idx = materials.size();
 					ImportMaterial& mat = m_materials.emplace(m_allocator);
 					const ofbx::Color diffuse_color = fbx_mat->getDiffuseColor();
-					mat.diffuse_color = { diffuse_color.r, diffuse_color.g, diffuse_color.b };
+					mat.diffuse_color = { powf(diffuse_color.r, 2.2f), powf(diffuse_color.g, 2.2f), powf(diffuse_color.b, 2.2f) };
 					materials.push(fbx_mat);
 				}
 
@@ -1235,6 +1235,7 @@ struct FBXImporter : ModelImporter {
 			mat.name = name;
 		}
 
+		// TODO move this to modelimporter?
 		// gather textures
 		// we don't support dds, but try it as last option, so user can get error message with filepath
 		const char* exts[] = { "png", "jpg", "jpeg", "tga", "bmp", "dds" };
diff --git a/src/renderer/editor/model_importer.cpp b/src/renderer/editor/model_importer.cpp
index 5a2fa40b96..0f8eed269b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/editor/model_importer.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/editor/model_importer.cpp
@@ -628,9 +628,9 @@ bool ModelImporter::writeMaterials(const Path& src, const ModelMeta& meta, bool
 
 		if (!material.textures[0].import && !meta.ignore_material_colors) {
 			const Vec3 color = material.diffuse_color;
-			blob << "uniform \"Material color\", {" << powf(color.x, 2.2f) 
-				<< "," << powf(color.x, 2.2f)
-				<< "," << powf(color.z, 2.2f)
+			blob << "uniform \"Material color\", {" << color.x
+				<< "," << color.y
+				<< "," << color.z
 				<< ",1}\n";
 		}