COMPUTER SCIENCE ILLUMIN.-TEXT
COMPUTER SCIENCE ILLUMIN.-TEXT
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ISBN: 9781284156010
Author: Dale
Publisher: Jones & Barlett
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Chapter 3, Problem 57E

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Color depth:

  • A color of single pixel in an image or video buffer can be represented using number of bits, and it is known as color depth.
  • Color depth is used to determine the number of colors that can be displayed in a computer monitor.
  • The color depth is used to produce the following number of colors,
    • Grayscale color:
      • Using 2 bit color depth, four colors are produced.
      • Color Graphics Adapter (CGA) uses this Grayscale color.
      • It is the primary color standard.
    • Monochrome color:
      • With one bit color depth, two colors can be produced in monochrome color.
      • Monochrome color uses only two colors; black and white.
    • Video Graphics Array (VGA) color:
      • It uses 8 bits color depth to produce 26 colors...

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