Term: Color channel

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Term: Color channel

Definition:

Color channels are the parameters used by a color model to represent color. In an RGB color channel there are three channels, R, G, and B, representing the amount of Red, Green, and Blue respectively. In digital video it is common to use the YUV color model, which has three channels.

A 10-bit YUV file stores each color channel as a 10-bit value for each pixel in the video. This means that the color of each pixel is defined by a combination of three 10-bit values, one for each color channel.

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Image (still) and Moving Image (video and film)

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