Why are there 256 colors?

How do bits and colors relate to one another? It's simple arithmetic. To calculate how many different colors can be captured or displayed, simply raise the number 2 to the power of the number of bits used to record or display the image. For example, 8-bits gives you 256 colors because 28=256.

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