Which color palette supports 16,777,216 color variations?

The color palette that supports 16,777,216 color variations is known as a 24-bit color palette. In a 24-bit color system, each of the three primary colors—red, green, and blue (RGB)—is represented by 8 bits. This means that each color channel can have 256 different intensity levels (from 0 to 255).

When you calculate the total number of colors that can be generated, you multiply the number of levels of each color channel:

256 (red) × 256 (green) × 256 (blue) = 16,777,216 distinct colors.

This is why the 24-bit color palette is often referred to as "True Color" because it can produce a wide spectrum of colors that closely match real-world colors.

In comparison, an 8-bit color palette is limited to 256 colors, a 16-bit palette can display 65,536 colors, and a 32-bit palette typically includes an additional 8 bits for an alpha channel (transparency), still relying fundamentally on the same 24 bits for color. Therefore, while a 32-bit palette can enable transparency effects, it does not increase the number of color variations beyond those offered by