So that makes 24 bit color overkill by more than a factor of 2. (24
bits translates to 16,777,216 colors.)
Vern
Chuck Burns wrote:
Just to add my 2 cents. The human eye can see 7,000,000 colors, went to Google to check.
Chuck
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It wouldn't surprise me too much.
We're getting smaller and smaller...next step'll be implants. And, as someone mentioned, the human eye can't see that many colors. It'd have to be something connected to your brain through other methods to see them all.
On Jun 19, 2004, at 11:35 AM, Vernon Balbert wrote:
> Just for the record, 256 bits translate into > 1.1579208923731619542357098500869e+77 colors. Somehow I don't think > in 100 years that we'll have video cards that will do that. lol
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