Question

When representing colors on a computer each color is represented by a number. There are

different scales for representing these colors. In 24 bit color, there are 16,777,216 possible
colors. The lowest color number is 0 and the highest is 16,777,215. In 16 bit color, there are
65,536 possible colors. The lowest number is 0 and the highest is 65,535. If you had the 16
bit color value 10,000 what would be its equivalent as a 24 bit color?

Answer 1

Below

Step-by-step explanation:

10 000 is the 10001 th color out of 65536 possible colors

(because '0' is a color)

10 001 is to 65 536 as 'x' is to 16 777 216

10 001 / 65 536 = x / 16 777 216

x = 2, 560,256 in 24 bit scheme

Answer 2

The equivalent of a 16-bit color value of 10,000 as a 24-bit color value would be 65280.

Step-by-step explanation:

The 16-bit color value of 10,000 is represented by the number 10000 in decimal.

24-bit color uses 8 bits for each of the three color channels (red, green, and blue),

So, to convert a 16-bit color value to its equivalent 24-bit value, you would add leading zeros to fill out the remaining 8 bits in each color channel.

so in this case 10000 in binary is 10011100010000

so to convert it to 24 bit we add leading zeroes

00010011100010000

So the equivalent 24 bit color value is 65280.