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Color Depth (in bits) Colors Available Common Name
1 2 Monochrome
4 16 VGA standard
8 256 256-color
16 65,536 High color
18 262,144 LCD color
24 16,777,216 True Color (24-bit)
32 4,294,967,296 True Color (32-bit)Table 16-4. Color Depths
Figure 16-3. The Windows Display Properties window