The number of different colors that can be played on-screen images, the higher this number, the better the color reproduction. A High-Contrast Optical System that achieves a contrast ratio as large as 1000:1, exhibiting more natural and smooth gradation.

A three-chip DLP projector uses a prism to split light from the lamp, and each primary color of light is then routed to its own DMD chip, then recombined and routed out through the lens. Three-chip DLP projectors can resolve finer gradations of shade and color than one-chip projectors, because each color has a longer time available to be modulated within each video frame; furthermore, there won't be any flicker or rainbow effect like with the single chip solution.

A rich range of gradations enables the faithful reproduction of subtle color shades, greatly enhancing the picture's quality and provides clearer images of text and fine drawings than other low-contrast projectors with the same brightness, also allowing fine gradations of expression with photographs and other images.