Timeline of the introduction of color television in countries

This is a list of when the first color television broadcasts were transmitted to the general public. Non-public field tests, closed-circuit demonstrations and broadcasts available from other countries are not included, while including dates when the last black-and-white stations in the country switched to color or shutdown all black-and white television sets, which has been highlighted in red.

List in alphabetical order

 * Note: Asterisks (*) after locations below are for "Television in LOCATION" links.

List of territories that never had black and white television
Countries and territories that never had black and white television (i.e., their first broadcasts were in color) are not included in the table above.


 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
 * 🇦🇽 Åland Islands
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra
 * 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan
 * Bonaire
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana (Bechuanaland)
 * British Virgin Islands
 * Brunei
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica
 * Eswatini (Swaziland)
 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands
 * Federated States of Micronesia
 * 🇫🇯 Fiji
 * 🇬🇩 Grenada
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
 * 🇰🇮 Kiribati
 * Laos
 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
 * Macau
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi (Nyasaland)
 * 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
 * 🇾🇹 Mayotte
 * 🇳🇦 Namibia (South West Africa)
 * 🇳🇷 Nauru
 * 🇳🇵 Nepal
 * Palestine
 * 🇵🇼 Palau
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
 * Republika Srpska
 * Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
 * 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa
 * São Tomé and Príncipe
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles
 * Sint Maarten
 * 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
 * 🇸🇴 Somalia
 * Somaliland
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa
 * 🇸🇸 South Sudan
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania (Tanganyika)
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga
 * 🇹🇻 Tuvalu
 * 🇺🇲 United States Minor Outlying Islands
 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City
 * 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna
 * Zanzibar