who invented the color television and in what year
Color television
Transmission of color images using mechanical scanners had been conceived as early as the 1880s . A practical demonstration of mechanically - scanned color television was given by John Logie Baird in 1928 , but the limitations of a mechanical system were apparent even then . Development of electronic scanning and display made an all - electronic system possible . Early monochrome transmission standards were developed prior to the Second World War , but civilian electronics developments were frozen during much of the war . In August 1944 , Baird gave the world 's first demonstration of a practical fully electronic color television display . In the United States , commercially competing color standards were developed , finally resulting in the NTSC standard for color that retained compatibility with the prior monochrome system . Although the NTSC color standard was proclaimed in 1953 and limited programming became available , it was not until the early 1970s that color television in North America outsold black and white or monochrome units . Color broadcasting in Europe was not standardized on the PAL format until the 1960s . 
Transmission of color images using mechanical scanners had been conceived as early as the 1880s . A practical demonstration of mechanically - scanned color television was given by John Logie Baird in 1928 , but the limitations of a mechanical system were apparent even then . Development of electronic scanning and display made an all - electronic system possible . Early monochrome transmission standards were developed prior to the Second World War , but civilian electronics developments were frozen during much of the war . In August 1944 , Baird gave the world 's first demonstration of a practical fully electronic color television display . In the United States , commercially competing color standards were developed , finally resulting in the NTSC standard for color that retained compatibility with the prior monochrome system . Although the NTSC color standard was proclaimed in 1953 and limited programming became available , it was not until the early 1970s that color television in North America outsold black and white or monochrome units . Color broadcasting in Europe was not standardized on the PAL format until the 1960s .
A practical demonstration of mechanically - scanned color television was given by John Logie Baird in 1928, but the limitations of a mechanical system were apparent even then. In August 1944, Baird gave the world's first demonstration of a practical fully electronic color television display.
A practical demonstration of mechanically - scanned color television was given by John Logie Baird in 1928 , but the limitations of a mechanical system were apparent even then . In August 1944 , Baird gave the world 's first demonstration of a practical fully electronic color television display .