color bar

Test pattern element

A color bar is a test pattern of vertical colored stripes used in television and video production to calibrate monitors and ensure accurate color reproduction.

The pattern typically includes primary and secondary colors at standardized levels.

Color bars appear before broadcasts or recordings as a reference signal: We're seeing color bars—the feed hasn't started yet.

Opposites
test pattern vs. actual content

color barlive broadcast

Transmission happening right now

television program · broadcast signal · movie · show

segregation vs. integration

color barintegration

Combining into a whole

racial integration · desegregation · equality · inclusion · civil rights

racial policy

color barintegration

Combining into a whole

desegregation · racial equality · inclusion · equal rights · civil rights

Family

color, bar, colour, colors, colours, colored, coloured, colorful, colourful

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G