Posted by News on 12/17/34 11:45

"cwdjrxyz" <spamtrap1@cwdjr.info> wrote in message
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>
> News wrote:
>> Is it true that there is a limited number of colors that can be rendered
>> on
>> the internet?
>>
>> If this is true, where can I go to learn about it?
>>
>> Will the colors in an image be altered if the colors are not the correct
>> hue?
>
> At one time only a limited number of colors could be rendered the same
> by the then current, but now ancient, browsers. However all of the most
> popular recent browsers are capable of rendering millions of colors
> properly. One exception is for a few of the old WebTV(now MSNTV) boxes,
> with their bowser browsers, still in use, which have only 8-bit color
> depth, but the newer MSNTV boxes use a watered down IE6 browser and
> render color the same as a normal IE6 browser.
>
> Just because the browser is capable of millions of colors does not mean
> that all image formats can use all of these. For example, the gif
> allows only a very limited range of colors, making it best for
> animations, poster-like images, etc. However the jpg and png can handle
> a full color range. Thus for accurate colors for photographs, a gif
> should be avoided.
>

Grief there is so much to learn, thanks for this information.

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