: being or using a video signal in which each component of the signal (such as chrominance and luminance) is carried over a separate wire
an RGB computer monitor

Note: Video and television displays commonly use the RGB color model of combined red, green, and blue light to produce their images. This system is so common that the name for the color model has been adopted to refer to the video signal carrying this information.

RGB

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noun

: the color model of three-color video displays using red, green, and blue light compare cmyk

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Next, New Yorkers can testify at RGB hearings coming up. Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 12 May 2026 Telefe worked with Ideas del Sur, Underground Productions, LC Acción Productions, Cris Morena Group, ON TV Llorente Villarruel Contents, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Cuatro Cabezas, RGB Entertainment, and Endemol, among others. Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 May 2026 In terms of aesthetics, Gigabyte keeps the monitor’s back panel simple, forgoing any RGB lighting. Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026 Canvassers will door knock in Concourse, Jackson Heights, Washington Heights, the East Village and Flatbush, starting in early May, about a month before the RGB will host a series of hearings. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026 There have been phones with RGB lighting, phones with liquid cooling, phones with color-changing designs, and phones with second screens on the back. Dominic Preston, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2026 This suite includes an RGB-D depth camera, a thermal camera, a wide-angle RGB camera, a high-power LED, and LiDAR. New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026 The robot includes a perception system with dual RGB and RGB-D cameras, optional 3D LiDAR, and a six-microphone circular array for voice interaction. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026 While much more affordable than the UX RGB MiniLED debutantes Hisense brought to market in the last half of last year, the new UR9 series are still the most premium TVs in Hisense’s 2026 mainstream TV range. John Archer, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

red-green-blue (colors used in television transmission)

First Known Use

Adjective

1979, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1985, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of RGB was in 1979

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“RGB.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RGB. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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