November 22nd, 2002, 10:16 AM
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Re: Official Image Collection
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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
No, no, no! 32-bit color has FAR more than '1/3rd' more colors than 24-bit color! Every bit doubles the number of possible colors! 24- bit is 16 million colors, while 32-bit is something more than 4 billion! The size of the data is 1/3 more for 32-bit, though, yes. Incidently, we humans can only distinguish something less than the 16 million of 24-bit color. 32-bit color is a waste from a color perspective. But the 'double word' format has programming advantages so that's why it's used in high-end graphic cards.
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