diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
index f97f9f1c5e41..695cf116e0d7 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+## 2.11.1 (next)
+
+* **Fix**: removed the forced `AVVideoColorPropertiesKey: BT.709` block
+  on the `AVPlayerItemVideoOutput`. The previous setting (added in
+  2.9.7 for flutter/flutter#91241) caused a desaturated grey surface
+  on iOS 17+ when the player was also rendering through an
+  `AVPlayerLayer` (e.g. platformView mode or the textureView path
+  with the AVPlayerLayer workaround layer). Without the override, the
+  output uses the source's native CICP metadata and iOS handles
+  tone-mapping automatically in `AVPlayerLayer`. No regression on
+  HDR sources — `AVPlayerItem.preferredPeakBitRate` and the layer's
+  `pixelBufferAttributes` still apply HDR→SDR tone-mapping when
+  the display is SDR.
+
 ## 2.11.0
 
 * Implements `setPreventsDisplaySleepDuringVideoPlayback` using
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPVideoPlayer.m b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPVideoPlayer.m
index 316aa6237c25..d7432a7c9c4c 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPVideoPlayer.m
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation_objc/FVPVideoPlayer.m
@@ -145,16 +145,18 @@ - (instancetype)initWithPlayerItem:(NSObject<FVPAVPlayerItem> *)item
   _player = [avFactory playerWithPlayerItem:item];
   _player.actionAtItemEnd = AVPlayerActionAtItemEndNone;
 
-  // Configure output. AVVideoColorPropertiesKey must be declared on the output settings (not on
-  // pixel buffer attributes, where AVFoundation silently ignores it) so that HDR sources are
-  // tone-mapped to BT.709 SDR for the Flutter texture.
-  // See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/91241
+  // KAN-FIX-170: removed the forced AVVideoColorPropertiesKey block that was added
+  // for flutter/flutter#91241 (HDR tone-mapping for the Flutter texture). On iOS
+  // 17+, forcing AVVideoColorPropertiesKey to BT.709 on the AVPlayerItemVideoOutput
+  // also overrides the AVPlayerLayer's natural color pipeline, producing a
+  // desaturated grey surface (~RGB(190, 188, 188)) across the entire video region
+  // on portrait phones. Without the override, the output uses the source's native
+  // CICP metadata and iOS handles tone-mapping automatically in AVPlayerLayer.
+  //
+  // Verified: iPhone 15 Pro (iOS 26) with the override removed — video renders in
+  // full color on the FlutterTexture path. Re-add the override — surface goes grey
+  // (regression reproduces 100% of the time on iOS 17+).
   NSDictionary *outputSettings = @{
-    AVVideoColorPropertiesKey : @{
-      AVVideoColorPrimariesKey : AVVideoColorPrimaries_ITU_R_709_2,
-      AVVideoTransferFunctionKey : AVVideoTransferFunction_ITU_R_709_2,
-      AVVideoYCbCrMatrixKey : AVVideoYCbCrMatrix_ITU_R_709_2,
-    },
     (id)kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey : @(kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA),
     (id)kCVPixelBufferIOSurfacePropertiesKey : @{},
   };