{"id":1015,"date":"2018-10-27T11:51:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T18:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=1015"},"modified":"2018-10-27T11:51:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T18:51:18","slug":"24-bit-rgb","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/24-bit-rgb\/","title":{"rendered":"24-Bit RGB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>24-Bit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/rgb\/\" target=\"_self\" title='The RGB interface transfers image data using a separate parallel line for each bit of color information. For larger color depths, more lines have to be independently controlled. Each line represents a 2x multiplier on potential colors that can be described. Monochrome displays have just 1-bit color and pixels are either \"on\" or \"off\". A&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">RGB<\/a>: Used to describe a clocked parallel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/tft\/\" target=\"_self\" title='TFT stands for Thin Film Transistor. TFTs are also known as \"Active Matrix TFT LCD modules\" and have an array of these thin film transistors fabricated on the glass that makes the LCD. There is one of these transistors for each pixel on the LCD. For a typical small color TFT LCD with a resolution&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">TFT<\/a> connection that uses 24 data lines (8 for Red, 8 for Green, 8 for Blue) as well as Hsync, Vsync data enable, and pixel clock to transfer data to the TFT.<\/p>\n<p>Theoretical color depth is 2<sup>24<\/sup> or 16,777,216 colors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24-Bit RGB: Used to describe a clocked parallel TFT connection that uses 24 data lines (8 for Red, 8 for Green, 8 for Blue) as well as Hsync, Vsync data enable, and pixel clock to transfer data to the TFT. 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