Assign # 33 - Image Encoding

1. An image is 800 by 500 pixels, and each pixel can be one of four colors. How much memory would it require?   Four colors is also known as 2 bit color. The memory required is 800 x 500 x 2 = 800,000 bits or 100,000 bytes.

2. An image is 800 by 500 pixels, and each pixel can be one of four colors. How much storage space would it require? Four colors is also known as 2 bit color. The storage space required is, 800 x 500 x 2 = 800,000 bits or 100,000 bytes.

3. How many different colors could one represent using two, three and four bit codes? Two bit codes is four colors.  Three bit codes is eight colors. Four bit codes is sixteen colors

4. When you add one bit to a code, what happens to the number of possible colors? It doubles.