These images represent a range of what any given image may look like to someone viewing this web page today. Although it's exaggerated, it does show how an image that looks good on one computer might look completely different on another.

No one is seeing the same colors on desktop computers, tablets, and mobile devices. Although some see colors better than others, color accuracy poses a real challenge. Before we look at those differences, there are four tests that you can take to see how your computer color vision rates.

Gamma affects how a computer generates images. Colors viewed on a computer with "uncorrected" gamma will appear different from those viewed with a corrected gamma. Compare the differences in the images below.

New and improved file formats can carry this color information. The PNG (pronounced ping) file format is one solution. PNG can store gamma and chromaticity data for improved color matching and is designed to work on all computer systems and Web browsers.

When you list the components that work together, its wording gives the impression that the motherboard itself is a contributor to creating color. Technically, the motherboard is kind of like the foundation of a house.

One hundred and ten years ago, Vincent van Gogh applied a thick impasto of yellow paint to his canvas and captured the spirit of the sun-drenched Mediterranean countryside.

 The 216-color web-safe color palette was developed in the mid-1990s. In the early days of the Internet, the web-safe 216 color palette emerged.  Although computers had a capacity for at least 256 colors, only 216 colors are common to all older computers.

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