diff --git a/internal/commands/config.go b/internal/commands/config.go
index ab85f61a4..fe3507ad4 100644
--- a/internal/commands/config.go
+++ b/internal/commands/config.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func configAction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	fmt.Printf("%-25s %s\n", "download-token", conf.DownloadToken())
 	fmt.Printf("%-25s %s\n", "preview-token", conf.PreviewToken())
 	fmt.Printf("%-25s %s\n", "thumb-filter", conf.ThumbFilter())
-	fmt.Printf("%-25s %s\n", "thumb-colorspace", conf.ThumbColorspace())
+	fmt.Printf("%-25s %s\n", "thumb-color", conf.ThumbColor())
 	fmt.Printf("%-25s %t\n", "thumb-uncached", conf.ThumbUncached())
 	fmt.Printf("%-25s %d\n", "thumb-size", conf.ThumbSizePrecached())
 	fmt.Printf("%-25s %d\n", "thumb-size-uncached", conf.ThumbSizeUncached())
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 555ce6ad4..b6e54d99c 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (c *Config) Propagate() {
 	log.SetLevel(c.LogLevel())
 
 	// Set thumbnail generation parameters.
-	thumb.StandardRGB = c.ThumbStandardRGB()
+	thumb.StandardRGB = c.ThumbSRGB()
 	thumb.SizePrecached = c.ThumbSizePrecached()
 	thumb.SizeUncached = c.ThumbSizeUncached()
 	thumb.Filter = c.ThumbFilter()
diff --git a/internal/config/flags.go b/internal/config/flags.go
index 2ae52c6e2..b8866a969 100644
--- a/internal/config/flags.go
+++ b/internal/config/flags.go
@@ -479,10 +479,10 @@ var GlobalFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		EnvVar: "PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_FILTER",
 	},
 	cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:   "thumb-colorspace",
-		Usage:  "standard colorspace for thumbnails (\"\" to disable)",
+		Name:   "thumb-color",
+		Usage:  "standard color `PROFILE` for thumbnails (leave blank to disable)",
 		Value:  "sRGB",
-		EnvVar: "PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_COLORSPACE",
+		EnvVar: "PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_COLOR",
 	},
 	cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:   "thumb-uncached, u",
diff --git a/internal/config/options.go b/internal/config/options.go
index 765c031e6..a2701f953 100644
--- a/internal/config/options.go
+++ b/internal/config/options.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	DownloadToken         string        `yaml:"DownloadToken" json:"-" flag:"download-token"`
 	PreviewToken          string        `yaml:"PreviewToken" json:"-" flag:"preview-token"`
 	ThumbFilter           string        `yaml:"ThumbFilter" json:"ThumbFilter" flag:"thumb-filter"`
-	ThumbColorspace       string        `yaml:"ThumbColorspace" json:"ThumbColorspace" flag:"thumb-colorspace"`
+	ThumbColor            string        `yaml:"ThumbColor" json:"ThumbColor" flag:"thumb-color"`
 	ThumbUncached         bool          `yaml:"ThumbUncached" json:"ThumbUncached" flag:"thumb-uncached"`
 	ThumbSize             int           `yaml:"ThumbSize" json:"ThumbSize" flag:"thumb-size"`
 	ThumbSizeUncached     int           `yaml:"ThumbSizeUncached" json:"ThumbSizeUncached" flag:"thumb-size-uncached"`
diff --git a/internal/config/resample.go b/internal/config/resample.go
index 1d413ea73..dee8540d4 100644
--- a/internal/config/resample.go
+++ b/internal/config/resample.go
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ func (c *Config) ThumbPath() string {
 	return c.CachePath() + "/thumbnails"
 }
 
-// ThumbColorspace returns the standard colorspace for thumbnails.
-func (c *Config) ThumbColorspace() string {
-	return c.options.ThumbColorspace
+// ThumbColor returns the color profile name for thumbnails.
+func (c *Config) ThumbColor() string {
+	return c.options.ThumbColor
 }
 
-// ThumbStandardRGB checks if colors should be normalized to standard RGB in thumbnails.
-func (c *Config) ThumbStandardRGB() bool {
-	return strings.ToLower(c.ThumbColorspace()) == "srgb"
+// ThumbSRGB checks if colors should be normalized to standard RGB in thumbnails.
+func (c *Config) ThumbSRGB() bool {
+	return strings.ToLower(c.ThumbColor()) == "srgb"
 }
 
 // ThumbUncached checks if on-demand thumbnail rendering is enabled (high memory and cpu usage).