The ColorPlanes property indicates the current number of color planes used in the video display. A color plane is another ...

The ColorPlanes property indicates the current number of color planes used in the video display.  A color plane is another way to represent pixel colors; instead of assigning a single RGB value to each a pixel, color planes separate the graphic into each of the primary color components (red green blue), and store them in their own planes.  This allows for greater color depths on 8 and 16 bit video systems.   Present graphics systems have the bitwidth large enough to store color depth information, making only one color plane necessary.
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This property has been deprecated in favor of a corresponding property(s) contained in the Win32_VideoController, Win32_DesktopMonitor and//or CIM_VideoControllerResolution