>>2210199This gradient still has the same problem. It goes from 474747 to 484848 and then skips to 4b4b4b, which is three(!) shades up. Maybe it has to do with the conversions between color spaces?
I made
>>2210159 with dithering turned on, which means there are no bands, but the colors are mixed together. With bands, there are no full black pixels above the bottom band, but with dither the black pixels are gradually diffused between the various shades of grey above them. Obviously, regular bands compress much better than these dithered transitions.
