What is the color model of a computer monitor?
Color model application in programming
Color is an important visual element in computer graphics and interface design. Computer monitors use a color model to represent and control the colors displayed. A color model is a mathematical model used to describe and represent color. The color models commonly used by computer monitors include the RGB (red, green, blue) model and the CMYK (cyan, yellow, magenta, and black) model.
- RGB model:
The RGB model is an additive color model that uses different combinations of the three primary colors of red, green, and blue to represent all possible colors. In the RGB model, each color ranges from 0 to 255, where 0 represents no color and 255 represents the color with maximum intensity. By adjusting the intensity of the three primary colors, various colors can be displayed. In programming, you can use the following code to represent RGB colors as hexadecimal values:
red = 255
green = 0
blue = 0
color = (red << 16