Term: Color mode

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Term: Color mode

Definition:

A general description of the method of digital imaging based on color and bit depth. The three modes most often used in digital imaging are the following:

• Color: Digital images produced using a specified color model and color space (see definitions below) with combinations of light (ex. red, green, and blue light in an RGB color model) to represent the colors of the original object.
• Grayscale: Digital images produced using a range of grays between white and black.
• Bitonal: Digital images produced using only two colors, black and white.
Category:
Image
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