{"id":277902,"date":"2021-06-17T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-is-color-depth\/"},"modified":"2021-06-17T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T12:00:00","slug":"what-is-color-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-color-depth\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Is Color Depth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d78f621755\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d78f621755\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-color-depth\/#A_Higher_Color_Depth_Means_More_Colors\" >A Higher Color Depth Means More Colors<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-color-depth\/#Real-World_Applications\" >Real-World Applications<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-color-depth\/#Buying_a_New_TV\" >Buying a New TV?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#What Is Color Depth?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-731364 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tv-graphic.png?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A stylized image of a retro television.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/retro-television-color-frame-vector-illustration-1070420555\" data-credittext=\"Sira Anamwong\/Shutterstock.com\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/retro-television-color-frame-vector-illustration-1070420555\">Sira Anamwong\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Color depth is a term you\u2019ve probably heard while buying a TV or setting up a new console. It\u2019s a unit of measurement that relates directly to the number of colors that can be displayed, and it can also affect image quality.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you need to know and how it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lies to the displays and devices in your home.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Higher_Color_Depth_Means_More_Colors\"><\/span>A Higher Color Depth Means More Colors<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Modern displays use red, green, and blue channels (or sub-pixels) to create the image that you see on screen. A display capable of 8-bit color means that each color (RGB) can have one 8-bit string, which allows for a total of 256 different gradations per channel.<\/p>\n<p>Colors are created by combining these channels, which use values between 0 and 255. For example, a pure blue would have a red value of 0, a green value of 0, and a blue value of 255.\u00a0An 8-bit panel can display a total of 16.7 million total possible colors (256x265x256) by mixing different values at the sub-pixel level.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-731365 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/colors.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A radial gradient showing rainbow colors.\" width=\"650\" height=\"520\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/radial-gradient-rainbow-background-vector-illustration-551925940\" data-credittext=\"solarus\/Shutterstock.com\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/radial-gradient-rainbow-background-vector-illustration-551925940\">solarus\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is known as <em>bits per channel<\/em> or bpc (sometimes referred to as <em>bits per component<\/em> or\u00a0<em>bits per color<\/em>). Sometimes, these values are expressed differently as <em>bits per pixel<\/em> (bpp), which effectively multiplies the bits per channel value by three (one for each channel).\u00a0For that reason, 8 bits per channel and 24 bits per pixel refer to the same value.<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly small increases in color depth can make a huge difference to an image and the total number of possible colors. For example, a video presented in 10-bit color can display 1,024 gradations per red, green, and blue channel\u2014four times what\u2019s possible in the 8-bit color space. This makes for a total of 1.07 billion colors (1024x1024x1024).<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Real-World_Applications\"><\/span>Real-World Applications<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The higher the color depth, the more possible colors that can be displayed. In the real world, a higher color depth will mean a better-looking image, since there are more shades of red, green, and blue to choose from. This doesn\u2019t necessarily result in a more saturated or \u201ccolorful\u201d image, but it provides greater variation in the colors that are there.<\/p>\n<p>For example, an image of a lush forest scene can look more natural and lifelike with more shades of green and brown to choose from. This can help sell the illusion that you\u2019re really looking at a forest rather than a digital recreation on a screen.<\/p>\n<p>The difference in color depth is easily visible when you\u2019re looking at gradients of a single color, like the blue sky in the image below.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-730292 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sky_8_bit_png.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"8-bit PNG Banding\" width=\"650\" height=\"379\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Tim Brookes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In low-bit depth content, a subtle color change often results in banding, where the transition from one shade of color is easily visible as a \u201cband\u201d of color. This is because there\u2019s a limited number of shades available.<\/p>\n<p>In the 10-bit color space, these subtle color changes are much less visible, since there are many more shades available. This makes the transition from a lighter shade to a darker shade much less noticeable.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Buying_a_New_TV\"><\/span>Buying a New TV?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most televisions are only capable of displaying 8-bit images, but many of the latest TVs use 10-bit panels. 12-bit panels will arrive eventually, but at the time of writing in May of 2021, there\u2019s little (if any) content to enjoy on them.\u00a0Unlike the jump from 8-bit to 10-bit panels, the difference between 10-bit and 12-bit panels is much less noticeable.<br \/>\nBuying a new TV and wondering what all the terminology means? 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