Image Dithering Example

Here are examples of what can happen if a user's computer does not support more than 256 colors. You can see that if you do not design within the range of the Web Safe Colors, their computer will interpret the non-safe colors by dithering the colors it has in an attempt to recreate the correct color.


Web Safe Colors

Non Web Safe Colors

Safe - True Color

Safe - 256 Colors

Non Safe - True Color

Non Safe - 256 Color




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