Method and system for improving color quality of three-dimensional rendered images

A computer-readable medium containing a program for providing a graphical image on a display from data describing at least one object, the display including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels having a plurality of display elements, each of the plurality of display elements having a color, each of the plurality of pixels having a size, the data including a plurality of fragments for the at least one object, the plurality of fragments intersecting a portion of the plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of fragments including a texture and at least one color, the program including instructions for:

• (a) ensuring that a texture area corresponds to the size of the pixel for the plurality of fragments;
• (b) taking a plurality of samples of the at least one color for each of the plurality of fragments, the plurality of samples corresponding to the plurality of display elements;
• (c) processing the texture for each of the plurality of fragments using the texture area;
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• (d) processing the at least one color for a each of the plurality of fragments utilizing one sample of the plurality of samples for each of the plurality of display elements for each of the portion of the plurality of pixels.

A system for providing a graphical image of data describing at least one object, the data including a plurality of fragments for the at least one object, the system comprising:

• a display including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels having a plurality of display elements, each of the plurality of display elements having a color, each of the plurality of pixels having a size, the plurality of fragments intersecting a portion of the plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of fragments including a texture and at least one color;
• means for ensuring that a texture area corresponds to the size of the pixel for the plurality of fragments;
• a fragment generator coupled with the ensuring means, the fragment generator for taking a plurality of samples of the at least one color for each of the plurality of fragments, the plurality of samples corresponding to the plurality of display elements;
• a texture core coupled to the ensuring means and the fragment generator for processing the texture for each of the plurality of fragments using the texture area;
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• means for processing the at least one color for a each of the plurality of fragments utilizing one sample of the plurality of samples for each of the plurality of display elements for each of the portion of the plurality of pixels.