 8 bit planes.</p>

<p>The 8 Bit Value of 255 is a binary value of 0b11111111. Separating the 8 bit planes means we create an array of only Bit 0 (LSB), only Bit 1, ..., only Bit 7 (MSB). So the bit plane of Bit 7 can have value 0 or 1, means in decimal 0 or 128 (because of MSB).</p>

<p>Representation of Bits and Significancy:</p>

<pre><code> Bit Number:    (MSB) 7           6           5           4   3  2  1  0 (LSB)
 Binary Value:        0b10000000, 0b01000000, 0b00100000, ...
 Decimal Value:       128