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LCDs imperfectly block the backlight to make obviously impure black for #000000. Every OLED I've seen has slight light emission for #000000 (leakage current?) too. And very few monitors are used in a perfectly dark environment, so there's light reflecting off the screen even in the #000000 areas.


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