Window screen.pixelDepth

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Example

Get the color resolution of your screen:

let depth = screen.pixelDepth;

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Description

The pixelDepth property returns the screen's color depth.

The pixelDepth property returns the color depth in bits per pixel.

The pixelDepth property is read-only.

Note

The pixelDepth property is not supported in Internet Explorer 9 and earlier.

However, pixelDepth and colorDepth returns the same value.

Since all browsers support colorDepth, use that property instead.

Syntax

screen.pixelDepth

Return Value

Type	Description
A number	The color resolution in bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 24, 32, or 48.

More Examples

All screen properties:

let text = "Total width/height: " + screen.width + "*" + screen.height + "<br>" +
"Available width/height: " + screen.availWidth + "*" + screen.availHeight + "<br>" +
"Color depth: " + screen.colorDepth + "<br>" +
"Color resolution: " + screen.pixelDepth;

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