| Each pixel is specified by 3 components, representing the amount of red, green and blue in the pixel. |
| This model is additive: each color is created by starting with black and adding in the given amounts of red, green and blue. Additive colors are self-luminous, and are used on color monitors. |
| Component colors are usually given in numbers from 0 to 255, resulting in a total of 24 bits per color. |
| The absence of all colors is black (0, 0, 0) and the presence of all colors is white (255, 255, 255). Bright red is (255, 0, 0). A darker red is produced by adding less red, such as (127, 0, 0), and a lighter red by adding some of the other colors to make a color closer to white. |