diff --git a/wled00/FX.cpp b/wled00/FX.cpp
index c76c9e6b9..887c26ad9 100644
--- a/wled00/FX.cpp
+++ b/wled00/FX.cpp
@@ -1918,7 +1918,8 @@ uint16_t mode_colorwaves_pride_base(bool isPride2015) {
     bri8 += (255 - brightdepth);
 
     if (isPride2015) {
-      CRGB newcolor = CHSV(hue8, sat8, bri8);
+      CRGBW newcolor = CRGB(CHSV(hue8, sat8, bri8));
+      newcolor.color32 = gamma32inv(newcolor.color32);
       SEGMENT.blendPixelColor(i, newcolor, 64);
     } else {
       SEGMENT.blendPixelColor(i, SEGMENT.color_from_palette(hue8, false, PALETTE_SOLID_WRAP, 0, bri8), 128);
diff --git a/wled00/cfg.cpp b/wled00/cfg.cpp
index 72ace8dbf..6d5698f42 100644
--- a/wled00/cfg.cpp
+++ b/wled00/cfg.cpp
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ bool deserializeConfig(JsonObject doc, bool fromFS) {
   CJSON(strip.autoSegments, light[F("aseg")]);
   CJSON(useRainbowWheel, light[F("rw")]);
 
-  CJSON(gammaCorrectVal, light["gc"]["val"]); // default 2.8
+  CJSON(gammaCorrectVal, light["gc"]["val"]); // default 2.2
   float light_gc_bri = light["gc"]["bri"];
   float light_gc_col = light["gc"]["col"];
   if (light_gc_bri > 1.0f) gammaCorrectBri = true;
diff --git a/wled00/colors.cpp b/wled00/colors.cpp
index ff6f3ab58..ea5c9779c 100644
--- a/wled00/colors.cpp
+++ b/wled00/colors.cpp
@@ -598,3 +598,17 @@ uint32_t IRAM_ATTR_YN NeoGammaWLEDMethod::Correct32(uint32_t color)
   b = gammaT[b];
   return RGBW32(r, g, b, w);
 }
+
+uint32_t IRAM_ATTR_YN NeoGammaWLEDMethod::inverseGamma32(uint32_t color)
+{
+  if (!gammaCorrectCol) return color;
+  uint8_t w = W(color);
+  uint8_t r = R(color);
+  uint8_t g = G(color);
+  uint8_t b = B(color);
+  w = gammaT_inv[w];
+  r = gammaT_inv[r];
+  g = gammaT_inv[g];
+  b = gammaT_inv[b];
+  return RGBW32(r, g, b, w);
+}
diff --git a/wled00/fcn_declare.h b/wled00/fcn_declare.h
index 8e4233f2c..d2f62870d 100644
--- a/wled00/fcn_declare.h
+++ b/wled00/fcn_declare.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class NeoGammaWLEDMethod {
   public:
     [[gnu::hot]] static uint8_t Correct(uint8_t value);         // apply Gamma to single channel
     [[gnu::hot]] static uint32_t Correct32(uint32_t color);     // apply Gamma to RGBW32 color (WLED specific, not used by NPB)
+    [[gnu::hot]] static uint32_t inverseGamma32(uint32_t color); // apply inverse Gamma to RGBW32 color
     static void calcGammaTable(float gamma);                    // re-calculates & fills gamma tables
     static inline uint8_t rawGamma8(uint8_t val) { return gammaT[val]; }  // get value from Gamma table (WLED specific, not used by NPB)
     static inline uint8_t rawInverseGamma8(uint8_t val) { return gammaT_inv[val]; }  // get value from inverse Gamma table (WLED specific, not used by NPB)
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ class NeoGammaWLEDMethod {
 };
 #define gamma32(c) NeoGammaWLEDMethod::Correct32(c)
 #define gamma8(c)  NeoGammaWLEDMethod::rawGamma8(c)
+#define gamma32inv(c) NeoGammaWLEDMethod::inverseGamma32(c)
 #define gamma8inv(c)  NeoGammaWLEDMethod::rawInverseGamma8(c)
 [[gnu::hot, gnu::pure]] uint32_t color_blend(uint32_t c1, uint32_t c2 , uint8_t blend);
 inline uint32_t color_blend16(uint32_t c1, uint32_t c2, uint16_t b) { return color_blend(c1, c2, b >> 8); };