Using two bytes per pixel in a color image. Up to 65,536 colors can be represented in the color palette. Most graphics formats provide 8-bit color or 24-bit color; however, graphics cards generally ...

While there's definitely a visible difference between 16 and 32 bit color, i doubt that there will ever be consumer level cards with 64 bit color. 24 bits is enough to produce more colors than the ...

I'm not talking about a reduction in color from 24 bit to 16 (plus another channel, I know). I'm talking about 16 bit luminance values such that color setting that would take advantage of a monitor ...