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8-bit color
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8-bit color

Using one byte per pixel in a color image. Up to 256 colors can be represented in the color palette. Various graphics formats are limited to 256 colors; for example, GIF images, which are widely used on the Web, are 8-bit color. See bit depth and bit specifications.



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An in-house test proved that scanning a paper map (USGS 1:24,000 topographic map) at 400 dpi with 256 colors versus 500 dpi with 24-bit color shows very little difference.
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