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Computer screens like RGB

Computer screens like RGB

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Computer screens like RGB

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- [Instructor] Pixels on a screen glow, combining different amounts of red, green, and blue to create the impression of a color. This means the maximum brightness comes from the combination of those pixels. Each piece of color information, that's the red, green, or blue level, is referred to as a channel, and you can think of a channel as a separate signal. You can use two monaural audio channels to create a stereo mix, or three monochrome color channels to create full color. Keep this word, channel, in mind, as it's used a lot in reference to pixel values, radio signals, audio, or even video streams. In any case, it'll mean one signal. The color you perceive when looking at RGB color information is created by adding red, green, and blue to black, from nothing. This is referred to as additive color, because you add the red, green, and blue values together to get the final color. Gray will always be created by having an equal amount of all three colors. If you're working with eight-bit…

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