Does converting to grayscale reduce file size?

Often yes, somewhat — grayscale images typically compress slightly smaller than the equivalent color image, since there's less color data to encode.

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Does converting to grayscale reduce file size?: Often yes, somewhat — grayscale images typically compress slightly smaller than the equivalent color image, since there's less color data to encode.