Editing Pixel geometry (section)

[[File:Pixel geometry 01 Pengo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Photographs of various displays, showing various pixel geometries. Clockwise from top left, a [[Standard-definition television|standard definition]] CRT [[television]], a [[Cathode-ray tube|CRT]] computer monitor, a laptop [[LCD]], and the [[OLPC XO-1]] LC display.]]

The components of the [[pixel]]s ([[primary color]]s red, green and blue) in an [[image sensor]] or [[display device|display]] can be ordered in different [[pattern]]s, called '''pixel geometry'''.

The [[geometric]] arrangement of the [[primary color]]s within a pixel varies depending on usage (see figure 1). In [[computer display|monitor]]s, such as [[Liquid crystal display|LCD]]s or [[cathode-ray tube|CRT]]s, that typically display edges or rectangles, the components are  arranged in vertical stripes.

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File:lcd rgb geometry triangular.svg | Triangular (Delta)
File:lcd rgb geometry stripes.svg | Stripes
File:lcd rgb geometry diagonal.svg | Diagonal 
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Knowledge of the pixel geometry used by a display may be used to create [[raster image]]s of higher apparent [[display resolution|resolution]] using [[subpixel rendering]].<ref>{{cite book | title = CCTV Surveillance | author = Herman Kruegle | publisher = Butterworth-Heinemann | isbn = 0-7506-7768-6 | year = 2006 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DaQY8CrmqFcC&dq=%22pixel+geometry%22+red+green+blue+lcd&pg=PA260 }}</ref>