Posted by Neredbojias on 12/30/69 11:45

To further the education of mankind, "News"
<warren@no_S_P_A_M_wyght.com> vouchsafed:

> Neredbojias wrote:
>> To further the education of mankind, "News"
>> <warren@no_S_P_A_M_wyght.com> vouchsafed:
>>
>>> Is it true that there is a limited number of colors that can be
>>> rendered on the internet?
>>
>> Yep. I think it's around 16,777,216.
>
> Grief is that all, there is no way I will be able to make my site work
> now. ;-)
>
>>
>>> If this is true, where can I go to learn about it?
>>
>> A search engine like Google. I dunno, maybe the string "color depth"
>> might work.
>
> No kidding? I did that and found heaps of sites that said it is STILL
> valid and others that said it is obsolete. I am not a caveman and
> don't think just because it is painted on the wall it must be true

I was a caveman once but they threw me in the hoosegow 'cause my loin cloth
didn't meet community standards.

Anyhow, I suppose everyone has an opinion, but the fact is that "web-safe
colors" is term that is now mostly passe. Most computers, monitors,
browsers, et al can display each one of the 16+ million colors just fine.
Devices that possibly can't, such as those phone-things or whatever,
probably have an algorthm which transduces colors satisfactorily.

--
Neredbojias
Infinity has its limits.

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