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# RGB colors

Colors stored as three consecutive unsigned 16-bit integers in the following order: red, green, blue.

## Overview

Many atoms in the QuickTime file format contain RGB color values. These are usually stored as three consecutive unsigned 16-bit integers in the following order: red, green, blue.

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