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color depth

color depth noun: the number of bits per pixel used to store color information in an image.

Noun

color depth (countable and uncountable, plural color depths)

  1. The number of bits per pixel used to store color information in an image.

Forms of color depth

pluralcolor depths
alternative formcolour depth

Questions about color depth

What does color depth mean?
Color depth means the number of bits per pixel used to store color information in an image.
What part of speech is color depth?
Color depth is a noun.
What is the plural of color depth?
The plural of color depth is color depths.

Words near color depth in the dictionary

  1. color coordinate systems
  2. color coordinated
  3. color coordinates
  4. color coordinating
  5. color coordination
  6. color depth
  7. color fade
  8. color fades
  9. color field
  10. color fields
  11. color font

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