diff --git a/src/renderers/common/Renderer.js b/src/renderers/common/Renderer.js
index aedce9cfd64dad..d619f4cda9542d 100644
--- a/src/renderers/common/Renderer.js
+++ b/src/renderers/common/Renderer.js
@@ -1139,14 +1139,26 @@ class Renderer {
 			// to improve performance we only want to use HalfFloatType if necessary
 			// HalfFloatType is required when a) tone mapping is configured or b) the backend specifically requests it
 
-			const type = ( currentToneMapping !== NoToneMapping || this.backend.needsHalfFloatFrameBufferTarget() ) ? HalfFloatType : UnsignedByteType;
+			let type, colorSpace;
+
+			if ( currentToneMapping !== NoToneMapping || this.backend.needsHalfFloatFrameBufferTarget() ) {
+
+				type = HalfFloatType;
+				colorSpace = LinearSRGBColorSpace;
+
+			} else {
+
+				type = UnsignedByteType;
+				colorSpace = SRGBColorSpace;
+
+			}
 
 			frameBufferTarget = new RenderTarget( width, height, {
 				depthBuffer: depth,
 				stencilBuffer: stencil,
 				type: type,
 				format: RGBAFormat,
-				colorSpace: LinearSRGBColorSpace,
+				colorSpace: colorSpace,
 				generateMipmaps: false,
 				minFilter: LinearFilter,
 				magFilter: LinearFilter,