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 ...

16-bit color usually means a 565 RGB pixel format (5 bits red, 6 bits green, and 5 bits blue). 32-bit color means you get a 8888 RGBA pixel format (8 bits red, 8 bits green, 8 bits blue, and 8 bits ...

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 ...

Screen resolutions have different color depths, which determine the number of unique colors the computer can reproduce in an image. The higher the color depth, the better pictures and videos look on a ...