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		jbverschoor on Oct 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MP3 vs. AAC vs. FLAC vs. CD (2008) According to Pantone, "Researchers estimate that most humans can see around one million different colours". So research says we only need 7 bits. "Research".. sponsored by corporations, and peer-checked by scientific voting rings. A bunch of incrowd elitists who like to use jargon. Science and politics these days are pretty similar

crthpl on Oct 1, 2023 | [–]

The 7 million is probably how many different hues we can see. We can see many more different brightness levels.

jbverschoor on Oct 2, 2023 | | [–]

The article that mentioned it already includes all the different components, lightness etc

Eisenstein on Oct 1, 2023 | [–]

Are you both talking about the same thing? Is dynamic range the same thing as 'number of colors'?

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