colour television

Non-monochrome viewing screen

Colour television is a television system that displays images in full colour rather than black and white.

The British spelling; Americans write color television.

The technology became widespread in the 1960s and 1970s, eventually making monochrome sets obsolete.

Often shortened to colour TV.

technology

transistor

Semiconductor signal switch

  • semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
  • LCDLowest shared fraction bottom
  • LEDSemiconductor that glows

OLED · plasma · flat-screen · high-definition · 4K · HDMI · antenna · receiver · screen · pixel

colour

chromaticity

Hue-saturation specification

  • saturationState of complete permeation
  • hueColor's specific character
  • RGBAdditive color model

contrast · brightness · gamma · colorimetry · tint · chroma · luminance · CMYK · vivid · calibration

programming

sitcom

Episodic TV comedy series

  • dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
  • seriesOrdered set of related items
  • movieRecorded visual narrative

cartoon · documentary · reality · comedy · thriller · variety · premiere · finale · pilot · episode

viewing

couch

Upholstered seating furniture

snacks · evening · weekend · marathon · commercials · zapping

broadcasting

channel

Passage for transmission

antenna · primetime · ratings · commercial · news · weather · sports · live · anchor · reporter

Opposites
chromatic display technology

colour televisionblack-and-white television

Screen showing only grays

black and white · monochrome

visual media technology

colour televisionradio

Electromagnetic wave receiver

silent film · print media · newspaper

Family

colour, television, color, colours, colors, coloured, colored, colouring, coloring

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G