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==Images==

{{see also|Deep color}}

In digital images, 48 bits per pixel, or 16 bits per each color channel (red, green and blue), is used for accurate processing. SuchFor imagesthe dohuman noteye, lookit muchis betteralmost thanimpossible to see any difference between such an image and a 24-bit imagesimage{{Citation Needed|date=June 2013}}, but the existence of more shades of each of the three primary colors (65,536 as opposed to 256) means that more operations can be performed on the image without risk of noticeable [[Colour banding|banding]] or [[posterization]].

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