What is Colour coverage?
How much of a colour standard the screen can show — sRGB, DCI-P3, Adobe RGB.
Short answer
'16.7 million colours' is meaningless — it is on every panel ever sold.
Colour coverage when buying a monitor
How much of a colour standard the screen can show — sRGB, DCI-P3, Adobe RGB.
Why it matters: 100% sRGB is enough for everyday work; photo and video editing wants 95%+ DCI-P3 and a factory calibration report.
Look for: '16.7 million colours' is meaningless — it is on every panel ever sold.
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