France flag

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  2. Maximum 256 colors
  3. Can be animated
  4. One color can be configured to be transparent.

Dauphine

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Characteristics of PNG format

  1. Support millions of colors
  2. Support multiple levels of transparency
  3. Combines the best of GIF & JPEG
  4. APNG (a newer format) supports animation as well

Alpes

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  1. Best used for photographs
  2. Up to 16.7 million colors
  3. Cannot be animated
  4. Cannot be made transparent