> Modern computers can display about 16.8 million of them, far more than people can see
Not quite true. The colour gamut of most (in not all) displays is much smaller than the gamut we can see.
Not quite true. The colour gamut of most (in not all) displays is much smaller than the gamut we can see.
The easiest example I usually give is with blacks-- computer monitors just can't reproduce the absence of light well.