What does RGB mean?
RGB is known as two things in video cabling: 1. RGB can stand for “Red, Green & Blue” (which are the colors commonly used on component video cables). 2. More technically RGB is used to describe a video format that is actually called RGBHV (Red, Green & Blue with Horizontal & Vertical Sync Information). This is the video format used by most computer video ports and CRT monitors.
It stands for Red, Green, Blue. Whereas traditional artists use a color system that uses Red, Yellow, and Blue as primary colors, computer displays build up color by adding different amounts of the colors Red, Green, and Blue. All color systems use the same basic principles to define complimentary and harmonious colors, so it doesn’t matter which color system you use. It’s just easier to use the RGB color system when designing for the computer display.
