Unlit mode rendering a darker base color than the original texture ?

Rushki

Is unreal applying a tone mapper on textures by default ? 
Is this gonna affect how the basecolor is displayed in the engine or is it just affecting the unlit mode?
I disabled all lights and post process.
I ask this because slight differences in the base color can make a big difference in metallic props and i was wondering if this is just a default feature or I am missing some settings here.
sRGB is ticked and the Sampler Type is on Color as a base color should be.
Any info would be much appreciated.

Kligan

Do you have ambient occlusion in your material?

Rushki

Yes but disabling and enabling it doesn't seem to make any difference.

Kligan

If your material is metallic, then it will appear darker in unlit more. Also, specular value by default is 0.5. Changing it also changes the appearance of your material in unlit mode.

Rushki

Thanks you're right by unplugging the metallic it gets the original color.