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Color television facts for kids

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A Colour Television Test
A color television test at the Mount Kaukau transmitting station, New Zealand, in 1970. A test pattern with color bars is sometimes used when no program material is available.

Color television is a television transmission technology that includes information on the color of the picture, so the video image can be displayed in color on the television set. It was an upgraded form from black and white to color transmission in the 1960s to the 1980s.

The invention of color television standards is an important part of the history of television, and it is described in the technology of television article.

Images for kids

  • Adamian1

    Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s

  • Baird first color photo

    This live image of actress Paddy Naismith was used to demonstrate Telechrome, John Logie Baird's first all-electronic color television system, which used two projection CRTs. The two-color image would be similar to the basic Telechrome system.

  • RCA CT-100 screenshot

    RCA CT-100 at the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention playing Superman. The RCA CT-100 was the first mass-produced color TV set.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Televisión en color para niños

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