• Question: what are pixels in computers made of and how do they work?

    Asked by JemJammer to Stu, Rob, Maheen, Euan, Deborah on 15 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Rob Stanley

      Rob Stanley answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      The can be made of different things depending on the sort of screen. A pixel is just a very small dot of one colour (red, green, blue). Commonly used are LED and LCD – hopefully one of the other scientists will be able to answer the question further, as that’s as much as I know, sorry!

    • Photo: Maheen Siddiqui

      Maheen Siddiqui answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      A pixel (short for picture element or “pix” short for picture) is a single point in a picture, that makes up the image on your TV screen or computer screen.

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