diff --git a/src/iOSSnapshotTestCaseCore/Categories/UIImage+Compare.m b/src/iOSSnapshotTestCaseCore/Categories/UIImage+Compare.m
index cdd97da..f75d0c1 100644
--- a/src/iOSSnapshotTestCaseCore/Categories/UIImage+Compare.m
+++ b/src/iOSSnapshotTestCaseCore/Categories/UIImage+Compare.m
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ @implementation UIImage (Compare)
 - (BOOL)fb_compareWithImage:(UIImage *)image perPixelTolerance:(CGFloat)perPixelTolerance overallTolerance:(CGFloat)overallTolerance
 {
     CGSize referenceImageSize = CGSizeMake(CGImageGetWidth(self.CGImage), CGImageGetHeight(self.CGImage));
-    CGSize imageSize = CGSizeMake(CGImageGetWidth(image.CGImage), CGImageGetHeight(image.CGImage));
-    NSAssert(CGSizeEqualToSize(referenceImageSize, imageSize), @"Images must be same size.");
+    NSAssert(CGSizeEqualToSize(CGSizeMake(CGImageGetWidth(self.CGImage), CGImageGetHeight(self.CGImage)), referenceImageSize),
+             @"Images must be same size.");
 
-    // The images have the equal size, so we could use the smallest amount of bytes because of byte padding
-    size_t minBytesPerRow = MIN(CGImageGetBytesPerRow(self.CGImage), CGImageGetBytesPerRow(image.CGImage));
-    size_t referenceImageSizeBytes = referenceImageSize.height * minBytesPerRow;
+    // Use larger of the two in case one has been optimized (fewer bits per component and/or bytes per row)
+    size_t bytesPerRow = MAX(CGImageGetBytesPerRow(image.CGImage), CGImageGetBytesPerRow(self.CGImage));
+    size_t bitsPerComponent = MAX(CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(image.CGImage), CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(self.CGImage));
+    size_t referenceImageSizeBytes = referenceImageSize.height * bytesPerRow;
     void *referenceImagePixels = calloc(1, referenceImageSizeBytes);
     void *imagePixels = calloc(1, referenceImageSizeBytes);
 
@@ -69,16 +70,16 @@ - (BOOL)fb_compareWithImage:(UIImage *)image perPixelTolerance:(CGFloat)perPixel
     CGContextRef referenceImageContext = CGBitmapContextCreate(referenceImagePixels,
                                                                referenceImageSize.width,
                                                                referenceImageSize.height,
-                                                               CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(self.CGImage),
-                                                               minBytesPerRow,
-                                                               CGImageGetColorSpace(self.CGImage),
+                                                               bitsPerComponent,
+                                                               bytesPerRow,
+                                                               CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(),
                                                                (CGBitmapInfo)kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast);
     CGContextRef imageContext = CGBitmapContextCreate(imagePixels,
-                                                      imageSize.width,
-                                                      imageSize.height,
-                                                      CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(image.CGImage),
-                                                      minBytesPerRow,
-                                                      CGImageGetColorSpace(image.CGImage),
+                                                      referenceImageSize.width,
+                                                      referenceImageSize.height,
+                                                      bitsPerComponent,
+                                                      bytesPerRow,
+                                                      CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(),
                                                       (CGBitmapInfo)kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast);
 
     if (!referenceImageContext || !imageContext) {
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ - (BOOL)fb_compareWithImage:(UIImage *)image perPixelTolerance:(CGFloat)perPixel
     }
 
     CGContextDrawImage(referenceImageContext, CGRectMake(0, 0, referenceImageSize.width, referenceImageSize.height), self.CGImage);
-    CGContextDrawImage(imageContext, CGRectMake(0, 0, imageSize.width, imageSize.height), image.CGImage);
+    CGContextDrawImage(imageContext, CGRectMake(0, 0, referenceImageSize.width, referenceImageSize.height), image.CGImage);
 
     CGContextRelease(referenceImageContext);
     CGContextRelease(imageContext);
diff --git a/src/iOSSnapshotTestCaseTests/FBSnapshotControllerTests.m b/src/iOSSnapshotTestCaseTests/FBSnapshotControllerTests.m
index 9331038..4031be9 100644
--- a/src/iOSSnapshotTestCaseTests/FBSnapshotControllerTests.m
+++ b/src/iOSSnapshotTestCaseTests/FBSnapshotControllerTests.m
@@ -196,6 +196,37 @@ - (void)testCompareReferenceImageWithLowPixelToleranceShouldMatch
     XCTAssertNil(error);
 }
 
+- (void)testCompareReferenceImageToGrayscaleCrushedImageShouldBeEqual
+{
+    UIImage *referenceImage = [self _bundledImageNamed:@"rect" type:@"png"];
+    XCTAssertNotNil(referenceImage);
+
+    // rect_crushed was made by pngcrush version 1.8.13 with default options as shown below. Reduced file size by 67%
+    // FBSnapshotTestCaseTests$ pngcrush rect.png rect_crushed.png
+    UIImage *testImage = [self _bundledImageNamed:@"rect_crushed" type:@"png"];
+    XCTAssertNotNil(testImage);
+
+    id testClass = nil;
+    FBSnapshotTestController *controller = [[FBSnapshotTestController alloc] initWithTestClass:testClass];
+    NSError *error = nil;
+    XCTAssertTrue([controller compareReferenceImage:referenceImage toImage:testImage overallTolerance:0 error:&error]);
+    XCTAssertNil(error);
+}
+
+- (void)testCompareGrayscaleCrushedImageToReferenceImageShouldBeEqual
+{
+    UIImage *referenceImage = [self _bundledImageNamed:@"rect_crushed" type:@"png"];
+    XCTAssertNotNil(referenceImage);
+    UIImage *testImage = [self _bundledImageNamed:@"rect" type:@"png"];
+    XCTAssertNotNil(testImage);
+
+    id testClass = nil;
+    FBSnapshotTestController *controller = [[FBSnapshotTestController alloc] initWithTestClass:testClass];
+    NSError *error = nil;
+    XCTAssertTrue([controller compareReferenceImage:referenceImage toImage:testImage overallTolerance:0 error:&error]);
+    XCTAssertNil(error);
+}
+
 #pragma mark - Private helper methods
 
 - (UIImage *)_bundledImageNamed:(NSString *)name type:(NSString *)type
diff --git a/src/iOSSnapshotTestCaseTests/Resources/rect_crushed.png b/src/iOSSnapshotTestCaseTests/Resources/rect_crushed.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbcf230
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