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RGB

An additive color model using Red, Green, and Blue light channels to represent colors on digital displays.

RGB is the native color model for all digital screens including monitors, phones, tablets, and TVs. Each pixel produces color by combining red, green, and blue light at varying intensities. Full intensity of all three channels produces white; zero intensity produces black. At 8 bits per channel, each channel has 256 levels (0-255), yielding 16.7 million possible colors. Higher bit depths like 10-bit (1.07 billion colors) and 16-bit (281 trillion values) provide finer gradations for professional editing. sRGB is the standard RGB color space for web content, while Adobe RGB and Display P3 offer wider gamuts for professional photography and modern displays.