diff --git a/sample/particles/main.ts b/sample/particles/main.ts
index 89237ff6..0fedd621 100644
--- a/sample/particles/main.ts
+++ b/sample/particles/main.ts
@@ -30,13 +30,23 @@ canvas.width = canvas.clientWidth * devicePixelRatio;
 canvas.height = canvas.clientHeight * devicePixelRatio;
 const presentationFormat = 'rgba16float';
 
+const simulationParams = {
+  simulate: true,
+  deltaTime: 0.04,
+  colorSpace: 'srgb' as string,
+  toneMappingMode: 'standard' as GPUCanvasToneMappingMode,
+  brightnessFactor: 1.0,
+};
+
 function configureContext() {
   context.configure({
     device,
+    colorSpace: simulationParams.colorSpace as PredefinedColorSpace,
     format: presentationFormat,
     toneMapping: { mode: simulationParams.toneMappingMode },
   });
   hdrFolder.name = getHdrFolderName();
+  updateColorSpaceName();
 }
 
 const particlesBuffer = device.createBuffer({
@@ -189,18 +199,27 @@ const mipLevelCount =
 const texture = device.createTexture({
   size: [imageBitmap.width, imageBitmap.height, 1],
   mipLevelCount,
-  format: 'rgba8unorm',
+  format: 'rgba16float',
   usage:
     GPUTextureUsage.TEXTURE_BINDING |
     GPUTextureUsage.STORAGE_BINDING |
     GPUTextureUsage.COPY_DST |
     GPUTextureUsage.RENDER_ATTACHMENT,
 });
-device.queue.copyExternalImageToTexture(
-  { source: imageBitmap },
-  { texture: texture },
-  [imageBitmap.width, imageBitmap.height]
-);
+// Copies the image into mip level 0, converting its colors to the current
+// color space. The alpha channel (used for the probability map) is unaffected
+// by the color space, so the probability map doesn't need regenerating.
+function copyImageToTexture() {
+  device.queue.copyExternalImageToTexture(
+    { source: imageBitmap },
+    {
+      texture: texture,
+      colorSpace: simulationParams.colorSpace as PredefinedColorSpace,
+    },
+    [imageBitmap.width, imageBitmap.height]
+  );
+}
+copyImageToTexture();
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Probability map generation
@@ -275,7 +294,7 @@ device.queue.copyExternalImageToTexture(
           // tex_in / tex_out
           binding: 3,
           resource: texture.createView({
-            format: 'rgba8unorm',
+            format: 'rgba16float',
             dimension: '2d',
             baseMipLevel: level,
             mipLevelCount: 1,
@@ -303,13 +322,6 @@ device.queue.copyExternalImageToTexture(
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Simulation compute pipeline
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-const simulationParams = {
-  simulate: true,
-  deltaTime: 0.04,
-  toneMappingMode: 'standard' as GPUCanvasToneMappingMode,
-  brightnessFactor: 1.0,
-};
-
 const simulationUBOBufferSize =
   1 * 4 + // deltaTime
   1 * 4 + // brightnessFactor
@@ -325,7 +337,30 @@ const gui = new GUI();
 gui.width = 325;
 gui.add(simulationParams, 'simulate');
 gui.add(simulationParams, 'deltaTime');
-const hdrFolder = gui.addFolder('');
+const colorFolder = gui.addFolder('Color settings');
+colorFolder
+  .add(
+    simulationParams,
+    'colorSpace',
+    ['srgb', 'srgb-linear', 'display-p3', 'display-p3-linear'].filter(
+      isColorSpaceSupported
+    )
+  )
+  .onChange(() => {
+    configureContext();
+    copyImageToTexture();
+  });
+colorFolder.open();
+const p3MediaQuery = window.matchMedia('(color-gamut: p3)');
+function updateColorSpaceName() {
+  const wantsP3 = simulationParams.colorSpace.startsWith('display-p3');
+  colorFolder.name =
+    wantsP3 && !p3MediaQuery.matches
+      ? "Color settings ⚠️ Display isn't wide gamut"
+      : 'Color settings';
+}
+p3MediaQuery.onchange = updateColorSpaceName;
+const hdrFolder = gui.addFolder('HDR settings');
 hdrFolder
   .add(simulationParams, 'toneMappingMode', ['standard', 'extended'])
   .onChange(configureContext);
@@ -446,3 +481,21 @@ function assert(cond: boolean, msg = '') {
     throw new Error(msg);
   }
 }
+
+// Configuring a canvas context with an unsupported color space throws a
+// TypeError, so probe each one on a throwaway OffscreenCanvas context.
+function isColorSpaceSupported(colorSpace: string) {
+  const ctx = new OffscreenCanvas(1, 1).getContext('webgpu');
+  try {
+    ctx.configure({
+      device,
+      format: presentationFormat,
+      colorSpace: colorSpace as PredefinedColorSpace,
+    });
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  } finally {
+    ctx.unconfigure();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sample/particles/meta.ts b/sample/particles/meta.ts
index a3416d84..465bb856 100644
--- a/sample/particles/meta.ts
+++ b/sample/particles/meta.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export default {
   name: 'Particles (HDR)',
   tocName: 'particles (HDR)',
   description:
-    'This example demonstrates rendering of particles (using HDR capabilities when possible) simulated with compute shaders.',
+    'This example demonstrates rendering of particles simulated with compute shaders, using HDR and wide color gamut canvas capabilities when possible.',
   filename: __DIRNAME__,
   sources: [
     { path: 'main.ts' },
diff --git a/sample/particles/probabilityMap.wgsl b/sample/particles/probabilityMap.wgsl
index f5e08f5b..0016a539 100644
--- a/sample/particles/probabilityMap.wgsl
+++ b/sample/particles/probabilityMap.wgsl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ struct UBO {
 @binding(1) @group(0) var<storage, read> buf_in : array<f32>;
 @binding(2) @group(0) var<storage, read_write> buf_out : array<f32>;
 @binding(3) @group(0) var tex_in : texture_2d<f32>;
-@binding(3) @group(0) var tex_out : texture_storage_2d<rgba8unorm, write>;
+@binding(3) @group(0) var tex_out : texture_storage_2d<rgba16float, write>;
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // import_level