This week in class we learned how to digitalize a photo . We learned that images with color require more space. This is because each pixel and a colored image contains more information compared to pixels in a grayscale image. In a grayscale image pixel is represented by a single value, indicating the intensity of brightness ranging from black to white. With that being said, a colored image, each pixel is represented by multiple values corresponding to the intensity of red green, blue light that composed the color. Colored images have more data resulting in larger files sizes compared to Gracial images. This is why colored images generally require more space for storage. This theory goes along with a bit depth. Bit depth refers to the number of bits used to represent the color of each pixel in an image. It determines the range of colors that can be represented an image commonly for to as color depth.
