Subpixel Loss

Notes:

I feel the need to explain how to properly view this image.

The familiar pattern is (assuming I made no errors in constructing it) presented in a subpixel format. This means that to see it, you need the right kind of monitor and something to physically magnify your screen. Scaling the image up using software will copy the combination of the color channels to multiple pixels, which creates major inaccuracy because the individual colored lights (subpixels) on the monitor are meant in this image for spacial encoding. This is the same general technique often used to antialias text, which results in colored fringes when zooming in on a screenshot. Without something like a real magnifying glass, scaling this image will most likely result in an incomprehensible wash of bright colors.

In creating this, I assumed a subpixel layout (within each pixel) of red, green, blue from left to right. Lit subpixels represent the background, and dim subpixels represent figures upon it. This is because the background color on Know Your Meme is white; were it black, I would have inverted the brightness of each subpixel for contrast.

While I don't have any means to physically test this work for accuracy, I still attempted to ensure the correct presentation by transcribing the shorthand hexadecimal color codes for each pixel into a word processor. I have been working with hex colors long enough that I was able to visualize the brightness of each subpixel by looking at the shorthand brightness value. (0, 8, and F are the values I used, from darkest to brightest.)