The number of bits used to hold a screen pixel. Also called "pixel depth" and "bit depth," the color depth is the maximum number of colors that can be displayed. True Color (24-bit color) is required ...

(1) Specifically, "True Color" refers to 16,777,216 colors in a display system. See 24-bit color. (2) Generically, "true color" refers to photo-realistic color. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ...

For 2D there's no negative to having 32 bit colour. Always use it unless you're testing certain games which rely on the desktop bit depth and you need to run them in 16 bit mode.<P>For 3D the ...

Color accuracy went south at the introduction of LED-backlit LCDs, due largely to the extreme skew to the blue end of the spectrum that early backlights were prone to. Fortunately, the TV industry has ...

I'm not talking about a reduction in color from 24 bit to 16 (plus another channel, I know). I'm talking about 16 bit luminance values such that color setting that would take advantage of a monitor ...