The Human Test Patterns Who First Calibrated Color TV
On March 17, 2017
- TV History
A Wonderful Primer On Early Color Television…
From the Eyes Of A Generation’s archives, here a well done “Atlantic Magazine” story on the ladies that were both known as “Miss Color TV”, NBC’s Marie McNamara, and CBS’s Patty Painter. This also covers the progressions and setbacks encountered by both networks, in their race to bring color to the small screen. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
The Human Test Patterns Who First Calibrated Color TV
The white women known in the 1950s as “Miss Color TV” reinforced longstanding hierarchies of gender and race that were built into generations of technologies.
Patty Painter in front of a CBS color camera for the cover of the New York Daily News Sunday magazine dated 1/25/51
If the fleshtones ain’t right, aint’ nothin’ right!
Human Test Patternist, there’s a job, John Kendall.