Let's stop calling bits per channel "color depth"

Phil1923 said:

Hi Everybody,

I have a new crusade.

"Color depth" is a poor choice of words for 8 bits/channel vs. 16 bits/channel.
There is no "depth".  What's "deeper" about bits/channel.
The range of colors is identical in any color space for either choice.

The difference is the total number of gradations of color -- 16 million vs trillions.

I don't have a good name for it.  Perhaps "color resolution" ? ?

Phil  

I agree with you. Really, the color depth is the amount of available color on each pixel. For example, a monochrome bitmap has a depth of 2 possible colors (black or withe)on each pixel, Grayscale images has a depth of 256 posible tones or shades on each pixel, etc.