Question

a typical video card uses a color depth of 8 bits to define the screen color in safe mode in windows. eight bits can form 256 different numbers from 00000000 to 11111111 in binary (0 to 255 in decimal), so 256 different colors are possible. how many colors are available with a 16-bit color depth? how many are available with a 24-bit or a 32-bit depth?

Answer 1

Answer: With a 16-bit color depth, there are 65,536 colors available. A 24-bit color depth provides 16,777,216 colors, and a 32-bit color depth offers 4,294,967,296 colors.

Step-by-step explanation:

The color depth determines the number of colors that can be displayed. A typical video card with an 8-bit color depth can display 256 colors. In binary, 8 bits can represent 2^8 = 256 different numbers. With a 16-bit color depth, 2^16 = 65,536 colors can be displayed. Similarly, a 24-bit color depth allows for 2^24 = 16,777,216 colors, and a 32-bit color depth provides 2^32 = 4,294,967,296 colors.