Color

This Java applet shows how red, green and blue images can be composited back into a multicolor image. It is an illustration of the RGB color model: by adding different amounts of the three fundamental colors, you can produce (in this program) one million different shades ("True Color" on a computer monitor is considered to be 224 = 16,777,216 shades, although professional photographers work with 248, or over 281 trillion shades!).

You need a Java-capable browser to be able to use the applets. If they do not work with your Windows system, download the Java VM (Virtual Machine) for your version of Windows at the download section at java.sun.com.

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