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Everything about Color depth
Number of bits used to represent a color
In computer graphics, color depth, also known as bit depth, is the number of bits used to express the color of either a single pixel, or a single color color channel in a pixel. When referring to a pixel, the concept can be defined as bits per pixel (bpp). When referring to a color component, the concept can be defined as bits per component, bits per channel, bits per color, and also bits per pixel component, bits per color channel or bits per sample. Modern standards tend to use bits per component, but historical lower-depth systems used bits per pixel more often. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Color depthA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Decimeter-depth and polarization addressable color 3D meta-holographyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Peripheral reaction time and depth perception as related to ball colorThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Segregation of Form, Color, Movement, and Depth: Anatomy, Physiology, and PerceptionCited 2,562 times
- Go sideways: List of 16-bit computer color palettesA closely related topic
- Go sideways: List of monochrome and RGB color formatsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The number of bits per pixel used to store color information in an image.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Segregation of Form, Color, Movement, and Depth: Anatomy, Physiology, and Perception
Color-, depth-, and shape-based 3D fruit detection
Robust Color Guided Depth Map Restoration
Face localization and authentication using color and depth images
Extracting depth and matte using a color-filtered aperture
Color and Depth Priors in Natural Images
Depth and depth–color coding using shape-adaptive wavelets
Depth incorporating with color improves salient object detection
🆕 Influential since 2022
Decimeter-depth and polarization addressable color 3D meta-holography
Auto Color Correction of Underwater Images Utilizing Depth Information
LiDAR Depth Completion Using Color-Embedded Information via Knowledge Distillation
PDR-Net: Progressive depth reconstruction network for color guided depth map super-resolution
High-resolution light-field particle imaging velocimetry with color-and-depth encoded illumination
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Peripheral reaction time and depth perception as related to ball colorRobert Edward Koslow · 1982
- 📕An analysis of visual reaction time, dynamic reaction activity, and depth perception of males wearing color eye shieldsJan Elaine Wilson · 1991
- 📕Surface lightness and size and distance effectsRamkumar Viswanathan · 1978
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