Re: "True Color" (Was: Falcon)

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From: Doug Plate
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 17:47

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In article <57292@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>Sigh... let's try it one more time...
> 
>"True Color" means that the human eye cannot tell the
>difference between a computer generated image and the "real"
>thing.
> 
>This phenomenon happens when you reach 24 bits per pixel,
>giving approximately 16 million different colors.
> 
>The actual screen resolution is not that important, the number
>of colors is.
> 
>BobR

OR Truecolor can mean that the value of the pixel represents the true color
that will appear on the screen (or  Ektachrome, or dye-sublimation printer,
or Ektatherm  paper or...) as opposed to the pixel  value representing 
a vector into a color map ala pseudocolor. 

Sorry, when I saw the "sigh", I just couldn't resist! :-)

Regards,
Doug

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From: plate@cdsmn.mn.org (Doug Plate)
Subject: Re: "True Color" (Was: Falcon)
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