# Canonical recap data for Color Television Broadcast Standards Adopted (1953)
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slug: color-television-standard
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1953/color-television-standard"
title: Color Television Broadcast Standards Adopted
subtitle: FCC approved NTSC color television standard, clearing the path for nationwide color broadcasting and transforming home entertainment.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1953-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1953
decade: 1950
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: Color television or colour television is a television transmission technology that also includes color information for the picture, so the video image can be displayed in color on the television set. It improves on the monochrome or black-and-white television technology, which displays the image in shades of gray (gray
summaryLong: Color television or colour television is a television transmission technology that also includes color information for the picture, so the video image can be displayed in color on the television set. It improves on the monochrome or black-and-white television technology, which displays the image in shades of gray (grayscale). Television broadcasting stations and networks in most parts of the world transitioned from black-and-white to color broadcasting between the 1960s and the 1980s. The invention of color television standards was an important part of the history and technology of television.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Color television"
importance: 76
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
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  title: Color television
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
metaDescription: Color television or colour television is a television transmission technology that also includes color information for the picture, so the video image can be di
wikidataQid: Q849194
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-21
  label: Color television
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