Importing a .psd flat or layered gives different colors in InDesign

I have an RGB .psd file, with sRGB profile. When it's Placed in InDesign, the colors look like expected.
When in Photoshop the Background layer is double clicked (to make it a layer), and the file is saved without any changes,
the colors in InDesign look dull (like if there's some kind of CMYK-simulation going on).
This happens with all other images on the page where it is Placed.
On other pages, the flat file still looks bright and RGB-ish, but as soon as a layered file is added, the colors change.
As soon as I delete the layered image, the colors jump back to bright. It happens in Print, Web and Digital Publishing modes.
I don't want all this! (I use InDesign to make an onscreen presentation, and I like the look of the RGB-images, which are Cinema 4D renders, but I need some layering as well)
Any ideas on this?
Thanks!

Well, it is a document setting. When there is transparency on the page, ID switches to what is essentially overprint preview mode to show you more accurately what is going to happen to your output. Transparency flattening is handled per spread, so any transparent object affects everything on the spread.

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