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Indexed color

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000584

A method for representing colors in a digital image to reduce file size. Instead of storing a full color value for each pixel, the image stores a limited palette of colors, and each pixel's value is an index into that palette. This technique is characteristic of image formats like GIF, which supports a palette of up to 256 colors, corresponding to an 8-bit index per pixel.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000584
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000584",
  "term": "Indexed color",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A method for representing colors in a digital image to reduce file size. Instead of storing a full color value for each pixel, the image stores a limited palette of colors, and each pixel's value is an index into that palette. This technique is characteristic of image formats like GIF, which supports a palette of up to 256 colors, corresponding to an 8-bit index per pixel.",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/indexed-color/"
}

Record 638 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.