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From: fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
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Subject: Re:  24/32 Bit Color
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Date: 19 Oct 90 01:06:06 GMT
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As I understand it, the human eye can distinguish about 4,000,000 different
hues. It's just that 24 bits (8 bits for R,G,B each) is well-suited to color
on computers. It provides 16,777,216 hues...
                                                --rw
                                                fhwri@conncoll.bitnet