Digital Colour Theory
What is colour theory? It is the theory behind colour mixing and colour combination.
CMYK Colour Model For printers Subtractive colour model Composite Black Process Black
RGB Colour Model For screens Additive colour model
RGB in Digital Imaging The colour of each pixel in a digital image is made up of RGB
Example of a True Colour Image Bit-depth = 24-bits – 8-bits > Red – 8-bits > Green – 8-bits > Blue
Example of a True Colour Image 8 bits = 256 colours – 256 Red intensities – 256 Green intensities – 256 Blue intensities
Example of a True Colour Image 256 x 256 x 256 = 16.7 million colours
How do we numerically represent RGB colours?
What is hexadecimal? Decimal: Base-10 – Binary: Base-2 – 01 Hexadecimal: Base-16 – ABCDEF
#FF0000
Why we use hexadecimal? It is more user friendly when compared to binary. Example of the colour Red FF 00 00
What is HSB?
What is a Colour Gamut?
What is Gamut Conversion?