CompuServe Messages

John, I once asked the same question, and added the comment that I defy anyone to distinguish between color x and color x+1 on a 16 million color board. The answer was that in fact, no one can distinguish adjacent colors, but by using them, you get a much smoother transition between colors or shades and in essense, you end up with a much more lifelike rendering. Having thought about this for a while (and seen some 24 bit boards in action) I must agree with them. Consider using a color board where you could tell the difference between color X and color X+1. Anytime there was a transition from color X to color X+1 you would notice it (since you can tell the difference). However, if you had 10 times more colors available (and thus the original X and X+1 now become the new colors X and X+10) you now have 10 steps of changes in color between…thus you will no longer see that visible jump between adjacent colors. Don