# Chnaging the pixel formast

**URL:** <https://forums.openmv.io/t/chnaging-the-pixel-formast/8044>\
**Category:** Arduino Boards\
**Created:** [March 7, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/chnaging-the-pixel-formast/8044 "2023-03-07T12:28:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sagar\_kumbari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Sagar\_kumbari](https://forums.openmv.io/u/Sagar_kumbari)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/chnaging-the-pixel-formast/8044/1 "2023-03-07T12:28:42Z")

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how to chnage the pixel format to the from RGB565 to RGB666 in nicla vision to connect to the SPI display

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**Author:** ![kwagyeman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.openmv.io/kwagyeman/32/4_2.png) [@kwagyeman](https://forums.openmv.io/u/kwagyeman)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/chnaging-the-pixel-formast/8044/2 "2023-03-07T20:54:37Z")

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We don’t support RGB666. And probably won’t ever.

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**Author:** ![weilian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8797f3/32.png) [@weilian](https://forums.openmv.io/u/weilian)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/chnaging-the-pixel-formast/8044/3 "2023-03-08T13:34:49Z")

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R and B shift left 1bit

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**Author:** ![kwagyeman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.openmv.io/kwagyeman/32/4_2.png) [@kwagyeman](https://forums.openmv.io/u/kwagyeman)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/chnaging-the-pixel-formast/8044/4 "2023-03-09T21:01:42Z")

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Yeah, so, it’s just that that format is not popular at all in anything.