You also need millions of pixels to show millions of colors. 640 × 480 is less than a third of a million. On the plus side, that makes that “256 out of 2^24” a

You also need millions of pixels to show millions of colors. 640 × 480 is less than a third of a million. On the plus side, that makes that “256 out of 2^24” a bit less of a problem.