: 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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Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 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
This suite includes an RGB-D depth camera, a thermal camera, a wide-angle RGB camera, a high-power LED, and LiDAR.
—New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
The robot includes a perception system with dual RGB and RGB-D cameras, optional 3D LiDAR, and a six-microphone circular array for voice interaction.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
While much more affordable than the UX RGB MiniLED debutantes Hisense brought to market in the last half of last year, the new UR9 series are still the most premium TVs in Hisense’s 2026 mainstream TV range.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 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
Our favorite is the Corsair K70 RGB PRO Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, which has excellent responsiveness in the keys, all in a sturdy design.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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In terms of aesthetics, Gigabyte keeps the monitor’s back panel simple, forgoing any RGB lighting.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 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
This suite includes an RGB-D depth camera, a thermal camera, a wide-angle RGB camera, a high-power LED, and LiDAR.
—New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
The robot includes a perception system with dual RGB and RGB-D cameras, optional 3D LiDAR, and a six-microphone circular array for voice interaction.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
While much more affordable than the UX RGB MiniLED debutantes Hisense brought to market in the last half of last year, the new UR9 series are still the most premium TVs in Hisense’s 2026 mainstream TV range.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 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
Our favorite is the Corsair K70 RGB PRO Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, which has excellent responsiveness in the keys, all in a sturdy design.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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“RGB.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RGB. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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