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Why are Color images three times bigger than black and white images?

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Why are Color images three times bigger than black and white images?

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Black and white images are stored as one byte per pixel. Color images have three colors to keep track of per pixel – Red, Blue, and Green. Each RGB channel has it’s own byte per pixel, bringing the total to three bytes per pixel.

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