RGB

(Red, Green, Blue).

  • Development: Developed through collaborative efforts in color perception and electronic display technologies, with significant contributions from laboratories such as Bell Labs, IBM, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
  • Colors/Units of Measure: Red, Green, Blue (additive primaries).
  • Hardware-Based: Yes, commonly used in electronic displays such as monitors, screens, and digital projectors.
  • Year of Release: Evolved over time; significant developments in the mid-20th century with the advent of electronic displays.
  • Founding Institution: Bell Labs, IBM, and MIT.
  • Color Theory: Additive color theory, where colors are created by adding different intensities of red, green, and blue light.
  • Color Model: Additive color model.
  • Total Number of Possible Color Combinations: 16,777,216 (256 levels for each of the three colors).
  • Primary Colors: Red, Green, Blue.
  • Secondary Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow.
  • Tertiary Colors: Various combinations of the primary and secondary colors.