diff --git a/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.c b/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.c
index b59efa87b3..b2eef6b68c 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "gdkmemorytextureprivate.h"
 
 #include "gdkmemoryformatprivate.h"
+#include "gdkcolorstateprivate.h"
 #include "gsk/gl/fp16private.h"
 
 /**
@@ -131,11 +132,15 @@ gdk_memory_sanitize (GBytes          *bytes,
  * @bytes: the `GBytes` containing the pixel data
  * @stride: rowstride for the data
  *
- * Creates a new texture for a blob of image data.
+ * Creates a new texture for a blob of sRGB image data.
  *
  * The `GBytes` must contain @stride × @height pixels
  * in the given format.
  *
+ * The data is assumed to be in SRGB. See
+ * [constructor@Gdk.MemoryTexutre.new_with_color_state]
+ * for data in other color states.
+ *
  * Returns: (type GdkMemoryTexture): A newly-created `GdkTexture`
  */
 GdkTexture *
@@ -144,11 +149,43 @@ gdk_memory_texture_new (int              width,
                         GdkMemoryFormat  format,
                         GBytes          *bytes,
                         gsize            stride)
+{
+  return  gdk_memory_texture_new_with_color_state (width, height, format,
+                                                   GDK_COLOR_STATE_SRGB,
+                                                   bytes, stride);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gdk_memory_texture_new_with_color_state:
+ * @width: the width of the texture
+ * @height: the height of the texture
+ * @format: the format of the data
+ * @color_state: the `GdkColorState` of the data
+ * @bytes: the `GBytes` containing the pixel data
+ * @stride: rowstride for the data
+ *
+ * Creates a new texture for a blob of image data.
+ *
+ * The `GBytes` must contain @stride x @height pixels
+ * in the given format and color state.
+ *
+ * Returns: A newly-created `GdkTexture`
+ *
+ * Since: 4.16
+ */
+GdkTexture *
+gdk_memory_texture_new_with_color_state (int              width,
+                                         int              height,
+                                         GdkMemoryFormat  format,
+                                         GdkColorState   *color_state,
+                                         GBytes          *bytes,
+                                         gsize            stride)
 {
   GdkMemoryTexture *self;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (width > 0, NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (height > 0, NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (color_state != NULL, NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (bytes != NULL, NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (stride >= width * gdk_memory_format_bytes_per_pixel (format), NULL);
   /* needs to be this complex to support subtexture of the bottom right part */
@@ -159,6 +196,7 @@ gdk_memory_texture_new (int              width,
   self = g_object_new (GDK_TYPE_MEMORY_TEXTURE,
                        "width", width,
                        "height", height,
+                       "color-state", color_state,
                        NULL);
 
   GDK_TEXTURE (self)->format = format;
@@ -191,11 +229,12 @@ gdk_memory_texture_new_subtexture (GdkMemoryTexture  *source,
   size = source->stride * (height - 1) + width * bpp;
   bytes = g_bytes_new_from_bytes (source->bytes, offset, size);
 
-  result = gdk_memory_texture_new (width,
-                                   height,
-                                   texture->format,
-                                   bytes,
-                                   source->stride);
+  result = gdk_memory_texture_new_with_color_state (width,
+                                                    height,
+                                                    texture->format,
+                                                    texture->color_state,
+                                                    bytes,
+                                                    source->stride);
   g_bytes_unref (bytes);
 
   return result;
@@ -219,11 +258,12 @@ gdk_memory_texture_from_texture (GdkTexture *texture)
 
   gdk_texture_do_download (texture, texture->format, data, stride);
   bytes = g_bytes_new_take (data, stride * texture->height);
-  result = gdk_memory_texture_new (texture->width,
-                                   texture->height,
-                                   texture->format,
-                                   bytes,
-                                   stride);
+  result = gdk_memory_texture_new_with_color_state (texture->width,
+                                                    texture->height,
+                                                    texture->format,
+                                                    texture->color_state,
+                                                    bytes,
+                                                    stride);
   g_bytes_unref (bytes);
 
   return GDK_MEMORY_TEXTURE (result);
diff --git a/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.h b/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.h
index 21ecc6a96b..cb7a47d7c4 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.h
+++ b/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.h
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ GdkTexture *            gdk_memory_texture_new              (int
                                                              GBytes            *bytes,
                                                              gsize              stride);
 
+GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_4_16
+GdkTexture *            gdk_memory_texture_new_with_color_state (int              width,
+                                                                 int              height,
+                                                                 GdkMemoryFormat  format,
+                                                                 GdkColorState   *color_state,
+                                                                 GBytes          *bytes,
+                                                                 gsize            stride);
+
 
 G_END_DECLS