indexed color images
Color Palette Index
The pixels in the image contain index numbers that point to the RGB value in the color lookup table. The RGB values are the ones used by the display system.
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24-Bit Vs. 8-Bit
Indexed color images can look nearly identical to their 24-bit originals, because the 256 most frequently used colors are identified. The 256-color palette (top) was created in Photoshop from the original 24-bit image (left) to generate the image as 8 bits (right).
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