What is an ICO File?
An ICO file contains the images used by Windows icons. They represent a file, folder, or Windows application or program. These are usually stored in different sizes to match the different settings of the DPI scale. Older ICO files included images up to 48×48 pixels, but the newer ICO sizes can range from 16×16 to 256×256 pixels.
The color depth of an ICO file can be less than or “equal to and more than” 32 bits. Images less than 32 bits of color store 2 bitmaps: the AND bitmap and the XOR bitmap, whereas the images equal to or more than 32 bits of color are 24-bit images with 8-bit channels for alpha compositing purposes.
Download ICO Sample Files
You can download the .ICO sample file from below. The sample files below contain images of different sizes. You can use the one best suited for your testing purposes.
