Color television in the United States has a most interesting history. Several systems were proposed and one, the incompatible CBS field sequential system, was actually in use, for a short time, in 1951 before proving impractical.The ultimate winner in this contentious race to bring practical color television to the American home was the RCA/NTSC compatible color system. Steve Dichter's Vintage Color TV Page is all about that shakey start and the vain attempt of the industry to market color television, in the mid 1950's, to a viewing public already awash and pretty satisfied with black and white TV.
(via Everlasting Blort)
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