Editing High color (section)

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'''High color''' graphics is a method of storing image information in a [[computer]]'s memory such that each [[pixel]] is represented by two [[byte]]s. Usually the [[color]] is represented by all 16 [[bit]]s, but some devices also support 15-bit high color.<ref>{{cite book
 | title = Web design in a nutshell
 | author = Jennifer Niederst Robbins
 | publisher = O'Reilly
 | year = 2006
 | isbn = 978-0-596-00987-8
 | pages = 519–520
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=U99rIgGJAkQC&dq=highcolor+hicolor+thousands&pg=PA519
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In [[Windows 7]], Microsoft used the term ''high color'' to identify display systems that can make use of more than 8-bits per color channel (10:10:10:2 or 16:16:16:16 rendering formats) from traditional 8-bit per color channel formats.<ref>{{citation/make link|http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/PDC08WhitePapers|HighColor in Windows 7}} {{cite web|url=http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/PDC08WhitePapers |title=Microsoft Developer White Papers: PDC08 - Home |access-date=2009-12-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211192807/http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/PDC08WhitePapers |archive-date=December 11, 2009 }}</ref> This is a different and distinct usage from the 15-bit (5:5:5) or 16-bit (5:6:5) formats traditionally associated with the phrase ''high color''; see [[deep color]].