: 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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John Archer, Forbes.com, 28 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
The keyboard has some pleasing aesthetic features too, including translucent keycaps that allow RGB lighting to pass through, as well as an OLED display that shows system info and a variety of setting indicators.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 22 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
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
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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Working from the top down, there’s basically a tie for flagship status between Samsung’s latest Quantum Dot OLED and Micro RGB LCD TVs.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 28 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
The keyboard has some pleasing aesthetic features too, including translucent keycaps that allow RGB lighting to pass through, as well as an OLED display that shows system info and a variety of setting indicators.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 22 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
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
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 31 May. 2026.
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