Images - Word Drop

Many digital images are stored as a ______, which is made up of picture elements called ______. Each pixel is the smallest identifiable area of the image and shows a single colour, which the computer stores as a ______ value made of 0s and 1s. Changing that value changes the colour the pixel shows.

The ______ of an image is the concentration of pixels within a given area, described by its width and height in pixels. An image of 1920 by 1080 holds over two million pixels, so more detail can be shown.

The number of bits used to store each pixel is its colour ______. One bit per pixel allows only two colours, and each extra bit ______ the number of colours available. A colour depth of eight bits gives ______ colours.

A higher resolution and a greater colour depth both increase the ______ of an image, because more bits must be stored. Because each pixel holds a fixed number of bits, the range of colours that can be stored is ______, so some shades cannot be shown exactly.