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Dithering

is an option for ColorQuantize that specifies whether or not to apply dithering while quantizing the pixel values.

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Dithering

Dithering

is an option for ColorQuantize that specifies whether or not to apply dithering while quantizing the pixel values.

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  • Dithering is typically used when quantizing images and storing them as color-mapped images in file formats such as GIF or PNG.

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Basic Examples  (2)

Color quantization with dithering:

Color quantization without dithering:

Scope  (1)

Use dithering while exporting an image:

Perform no dithering:

Wolfram Research (2010), Dithering, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Dithering.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2010), Dithering, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Dithering.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2010. "Dithering." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Dithering.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2010). Dithering. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Dithering.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_dithering, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Dithering}", year="2010", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Dithering.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_dithering, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Dithering}, year={2010}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Dithering.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}