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Commercial color television began briefly in 1953 in the US but was withdrawn after only a few months. It was relaunched in 1955 with a new color encoding system.

However, the first color television was first shown in 1928 by John Logie Baird, the inventor of the first working television in 1925.

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Although introduced in the U.S. in the 1950s, only a few years after black and white televisions had been standardized there, high prices and lack of broadcast material greatly slowed its acceptance in the marketplace. It was not until the late 1960s that color sets started selling in large numbers, due in some part to the introduction of GE's porta-color set in 1966. By the 1970s color sets had become standard, with all-color broadcasts becoming common. Color broadcasting in Europe was not standardized on the PAL format until the 1960s, and broadcasts did not start until 1967. By this point many of the technical problems in the early sets had been worked out, and the spread of color sets in Europe was fairly rapid. Most major markets in North America and Europe were all color by the mid-1970s, and by the 1980s B&W sets had been pushed into niche markets, notably low-power uses, small portable sets, or use as monitor screens in lower-cost consumer equipment and in the television industry.

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Color television made its debut in the US in the early 1950s. It was a commercial failure and was withdrawn after only a few months. By 1955 a national standard for color television was agreed and RCA launched color services. The new color broadcasts and televisions were a rapid success and by 1956, sales of color televisions had grown dramatically.

The color standard used was called NTSC and is the standard definition color encoding system that is still used today, more than half a century on.

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The first color television to be demonstrated was in 1928. John Logie Baird's color "Televisor" was a development from the world's first monochrome television that he revealed in 1925.

Although his monochrome system went into use, the color version didn't so it remained no more than a demonstration system. However, Baird did use a modified system to project large screen color television images in movie theaters just two years later.

The first commercial use in the home was by CBS in 1953. The US launch was a commercial failure and was withdrawn only a few months later. The US saw a second attempt in 1953 using a system that was fully compatible with existing monochrome televisions. This color transmission service has remained in operation ever since.

In the UK and Europe, color didn't make it to homes until 1967 and 1968.

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color tv dident come out until late 20's

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