What is the purpose of CvType.CV_8UC4
<p>I have a snippet code from colorblobdetection but I don't know what is the purpose of CvType.CV_8UC4. The <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13428689/whats-the-difference-between-cvtype-values-in-opencv">Link</a> here does not really explain how does it works.</p>

<pre><code>public void onCameraViewStarted(int width, int height) {
    mRgba = new Mat(height, width, CvType.CV_8UC4); 
    mDetector = new ColorBlobDetector();
    mSpectrum = new Mat();
    mBlobColorRgba = new Scalar(255);
    mBlobColorHsv = new Scalar(255);
    SPECTRUM_SIZE = new Size(200, 64);
    CONTOUR_COLOR = new Scalar(255,0,0,255);
}
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