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title: RGB colors
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# RGB colors

Colors stored as three consecutive unsigned 16-bit integers in the following order: red, green, blue.

## Overview

Overview Many atoms in the QuickTime file format contain RGB color values. These are usually stored as three consecutive unsigned 16-bit integers in the following order: red, green, blue.

## See Also

### Graphics and colors

- [Matrices](quicktime-file-format/matrices.md)
- [Graphics modes](quicktime-file-format/graphics_modes.md)
- [Balance](quicktime-file-format/balance.md)