Graphics

Image Types

In MATLAB, an image consists of a data matrix and possibly a colormap matrix. Three basic image types are used in MATLAB, each differing in the way that the data matrix elements are interpreted:

• Indexed images
• Intensity (or grayscale) images
• RGB (or truecolor) images

This section discusses how MATLAB represents each of these image types.

Data Types

Indexed Images

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