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From: buzzard@TheWorld.com (Sean T Barrett)
Subject: Re: 256-bit color
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Ross Presser  <rpresser@NOSPAM.imtek.com.invalid> wrote:
>Kieran Elby <kieran@dunelm.org.uk> wrote in news:3D4C220E.4DE719F3
>> I think you probably mean 256 colours (not 256-bit colour, which would
>> be a tad excessive).
>
>It sure would.  That would be over 38.6 septillion shades (85 bits) each of
>red, blue, and green.  I have trouble distinguishing 256 shades!

128-bit color is on its way, actually.  32-bit floating point per
channel. The range of light brightnesses in the world is fairly
huge (sunlight = 100,000 lux, moonlight = 1 lux).

SeanB
