: 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.
: the color model of three-color video displays using red, green, and blue light compare cmyk
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Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
Users can customize their keyboard using a browser to remap keys, program macros, set up shortcuts and choose from more than 22 RGB lighting modes and lighting customization options.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Built to further boost brightness and stave off burn-in, WOLED uses a four-layer primary RGB light stack (blue-green-blue-red), up from the three-layer light stack (typically blue-yellow-blue) found in traditional WOLED.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
Alienware’s flagship monitor of the show is a 39-inch 5K curved ultrawide monitor coming this fall that uses LG Display’s fourth-generation Primary RGB Tandem screen tech.
—Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 31 May 2026
Each arm can lift to 11 pounds (5 kilograms), while advanced sensors include RGB-D cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, force and tactile sensors, and more.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
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
Previous research has pursued a number of different ways to recover spectral details from conventional smartphone RGB camera data.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
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Best Premium Vacuum Another one of our go-to wet-dry vacs, this one is designed with smart technology like the LED display and RGB Dirt Detection to measure dirt levels and adjust cleaning accordingly.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
Users can customize their keyboard using a browser to remap keys, program macros, set up shortcuts and choose from more than 22 RGB lighting modes and lighting customization options.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Built to further boost brightness and stave off burn-in, WOLED uses a four-layer primary RGB light stack (blue-green-blue-red), up from the three-layer light stack (typically blue-yellow-blue) found in traditional WOLED.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
Alienware’s flagship monitor of the show is a 39-inch 5K curved ultrawide monitor coming this fall that uses LG Display’s fourth-generation Primary RGB Tandem screen tech.
—Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 31 May 2026
Each arm can lift to 11 pounds (5 kilograms), while advanced sensors include RGB-D cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, force and tactile sensors, and more.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
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
Previous research has pursued a number of different ways to recover spectral details from conventional smartphone RGB camera data.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
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“RGB.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RGB. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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