# RGB565

RGB565 is a way of representing a total of 65536 [colors](color.md) in just 2 [bytes](byte.md), i.e. 16 [bits](bit.md), by using 5 bits (highest) for red, 6 bits for green (to which human eye is most sensitive) and 5 bits for blue; it can also be seen as a color [palette](palette.md). It is similar to [rgb332](rgb332.md)

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