deep color

noun

Graphics with 30 or more bits of storage per pixel, allowing for billions of distinct colors.

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Meanings

noundeep color (countable and uncountable, plural deep colors)

plural deep colors · alternative deep colour

  1. uncountablecomputer graphicsGraphics with 30 or more bits of storage per pixel, allowing for billions of distinct colors.
  2. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see deep, color.

    To assess whether the warmer deep colors of Autumn are better for you than the cooler deep colors of Winter, compare the following colors near your face: […]

    1995, Mary Spillane, Christine Sherlock, “Discover your colors”, in Color Me Beautiful’s Looking Your Best: Color, Makeup, and Style, Lanham, Md.: Madison Books, →ISBN, page 24

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 深彩
  • 深彩 (shēncǎi)computer graphics: graphics with 30 or more bits of storage per pixel
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APA

deep color. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep%20color

MLA

“deep color.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep%20color. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deep color,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep%20color.

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