From b5d43cdc1783796d9c6b17c7e135fa46d8b0279d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Bj=C3=B8rn=20Erik=20Pedersen?=
 <bjorn.erik.pedersen@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:53:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix image DecodeConfig regression of WebP images from file
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Fixes #14453
---
 resources/image.go                          |  2 +-
 resources/image_cache.go                    |  1 +
 resources/images/images_integration_test.go | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/resources/image.go b/resources/image.go
index b792c2f1c..ec69a5286 100644
--- a/resources/image.go
+++ b/resources/image.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type imageResource struct {
 	// original (first).
 	root *imageResource
 
-	// These are only set for the root imageResource.
+	// These 2 are only set for the root imageResource.
 	exifInfoFn func() (*meta.ExifInfo, error)
 	metaInfoFn func() (*meta.MetaInfo, error)
 
diff --git a/resources/image_cache.go b/resources/image_cache.go
index ba0035b2c..4a33a0f23 100644
--- a/resources/image_cache.go
+++ b/resources/image_cache.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func (c *ImageCache) getOrCreate(
 			})
 			img.setSourceFilenameIsHash(true)
 			img.setMediaType(conf.TargetFormat.MediaType())
+			img.Format = conf.TargetFormat
 
 			if err := img.InitConfig(r); err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/resources/images/images_integration_test.go b/resources/images/images_integration_test.go
index fade5ae3e..6dc83816c 100644
--- a/resources/images/images_integration_test.go
+++ b/resources/images/images_integration_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,29 @@ Orientation: {{ $orientation }}|eq 6: {{ eq $orientation 6 }}|Type: {{ printf "%
 	b.AssertFileContent("public/index.html", "Orientation: 6|eq 6: true|")
 }
 
+func TestColorsIssue14453(t *testing.T) {
+	files := `
+-- hugo.toml --
+-- assets/sunset.jpg --
+sourcefilename: ../testdata/sunset.jpg
+-- layouts/home.html --
+{{ $img := resources.Get "sunset.jpg" }}
+{{ $img := $img.Fit "100x100" }}
+{{ $img := $img.Filter (slice images.AutoOrient (images.Process "fit 100x100 webp")) -}}
+{{ $colors := $img.Colors }}
+Colors: {{ $colors }}|
+`
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+	for range 2 {
+		b := hugolib.Test(t, files, hugolib.TestOptWithConfig(func(cfg *hugolib.IntegrationTestConfig) {
+			cfg.NeedsOsFS = true
+			cfg.WorkingDir = tempDir
+		}))
+		b.AssertFileContent("public/index.html", "Colors: [#2e2f34 #a39e94 #d39e57 #a96b3a #747b84 #7c838a]|")
+
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkImageResize(b *testing.B) {
 	files := `
 -- content/p1/sunrise.jpg --
-- 
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