Header Hero section of Essence Pro has a dark gradient on top of the image so that text is readable.
Before:
If you are looking to remove this gradient possibly because you want to use your own “dark” background image simply edit /wp-content/themes/essence-pro/lib/header-functions.php and change
$output = '<style type="text/css">.header-hero { background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.5) 50%, rgba(0,0,0,0.85) 100%), url(' . esc_url( $bg_image ) . '); }</style>';to
$output = '<style type="text/css">.header-hero { background-image: url(' . esc_url( $bg_image ) . '); }</style>';After:
