High color

High color graphics is a method of storing image information in a computer's memory such that each pixel is represented by two bytes. Usually the color is represented by all 16 bits, but some devices also support 15-bit high color.[1]

In Windows 7, Microsoft used the term high color to identify display systems that can make use of more than 8-bits per color channel (10:10:10:2 or 16:16:16:16 rendering formats) from traditional 8-bit per color channel formats.[2] This is a different and distinct usage from the 15-bit (5:5:5) or 16-bit (5:6:5) formats traditionally associated with the phrase high color; see deep color.

  1. ^ Jennifer Niederst Robbins (2006). Web design in a nutshell. O'Reilly. pp. 519–520. ISBN 978-0-596-00987-8.
  2. ^ HighColor in Windows 7 "Microsoft Developer White Papers: PDC08 - Home". Archived from the original on December 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-09.

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