> I disagree that 24bit colour precision is not necessary. Many file formats > support that and it would be best if we could be "compatible". Not to > mention ported applications ;-)
There has been extensive reseach about the number of colours man can see. If I remeber correctly, 16 bits was enough to cover this. Whether the colours we can see match the 16bit palette is something different though. In any case compatibility is not the problem as the colours can be converted. Also, the quality of many monitors is not quite high enough to accurately display colours, not to mention the problems with matching colours between different screens and printers. Joachim
