TRUE (FULL) COLOUR IMAGES

Question 1

what are true colour images

Answer 1

• 24 bit images

- 8 bits for each red/green/blue

Question 2

how many colour are there on full colour images

Answer 2

more than 16mill. more colours than eye can see. this makes it true colour was all colours would be represented

eyes can only 10mill

Question 3

pro/con true colour mapping

Answer 3

pro - has more colours than eye can see. this makes it true colour was all colours would be represented

con - requires far more memory to display and better tech to transmit images over long distances for space probes