The Screen colorDepth property is used to return the bit depth of the color palette for displaying images, in bits per pixel.
The possible values are :
- 1 bit per pixel
- 4 bits per pixel
- 8 bits per pixel
- 15 bits per pixel
- 16 bits per pixel
- 24 bits per pixel
- 32 bits per pixel
- 48 bits per pixel
Syntax :
screen.colorDepth
Return Value: A Number, representing the bit depth of the color palette for displaying images, in bits per pixel.
Below program illustrates the Screen colorDepth Property :
Getting the width of the user screen.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
Screen colorDepth property in HTML
</ title >
< style >
h1 {
color: green;
}
h2 {
font-family: Impact;
}
body {
text-align: center;
}
</ style >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< h2 >Screen colorDepth property</ h2 >
< p >
or returning the color depth, double
click the "Colour Depth" button:
</ p >
< button ondblclick = "color_depth()" >
Color Depth
</ button >
< p id = "depth" ></ p >
< script >
function color_depth() {
var c =
"Color Depth in bits per pixel : "
+ screen.colorDepth;
document.getElementById("depth").innerHTML = c;
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Before clicking the button:

After clicking the button:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML|Screen color Depth property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1
- Edge 12
- Internet Explorer 4
- Firefox 1
- Opera 12.1
- Safari 1