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- How is color depth measured?
- What is colour depth in relation to images?
- What is color depth and how does it affect the display and size of an image?
- How do the number of colours and the depth of each colour effect the image?
How is color depth measured?
Usually color depth is measured in the number of bits used to represent one color value (pixel) - bits per pixel (bpp). The more bits a pixel occupies, the more different colors can be represented by this pixel.
What is colour depth in relation to images?
Colour depth
The number of bits determines the range of colours. This is known as an image's colour depth . For example, using a colour depth of two, ie two bits per pixel, would allow four possible colours, such as: 00 - black.
What is color depth and how does it affect the display and size of an image?
Color depth refers to the amount of color that each pixel can display. It is measured by the number of colors each pixel in an image can show. The higher the color depth, the more colors an image can display. Pixels store color information in a specific number of computer bits, ranging from one bit to 48 bits.
How do the number of colours and the depth of each colour effect the image?
The higher the color depth, the better your images will generally look on the screen. Images viewed at the 16-colors setting will usually look less refined than the same images viewed at the 256-colors setting because there are not as many colors to display tones and variations.
