Monitors utilize additive color mixing, specifically red, green and blue, to create white. The diagram below shows the difference between white, measured directly (black line), and +R - G - B, individually measured and combined (W/R + G + B) (pink line). ColorEdge LCD monitors are linear and equal to CRT monitors in their R-, G-, B- tone characteristics.

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In the following diagram, the horizontal axle depicts the tone value and the vertical axle (W/ R + G + B) shows the divergence between white and R + G + B (100% = conformity). Standard LCD monitors poorly produce low tone values. A grayscale ramp shows color seepage in such cases. The 10-bit look-up tables of ColorEdge monitors prevent this from happening.

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