Also, even conventional camera sensors can see millions of colors. For an 8 bit RAW file (typical RAW files are 14 or 16 bit) each color channel can be one of 256 values.
256^3 = 16,777,216 colors per pixel.
If you go up to a 14 bit RAW file you'll be up to about 4.4 trillion colors.
IdRaptor t1_irx5jak wrote
Reply to Quantum windows mean machines can see millions of colours by Apart_Shock
What a non article.
Also, even conventional camera sensors can see millions of colors. For an 8 bit RAW file (typical RAW files are 14 or 16 bit) each color channel can be one of 256 values.
256^3 = 16,777,216 colors per pixel.
If you go up to a 14 bit RAW file you'll be up to about 4.4 trillion colors.