<P> Practical color in the motion picture business began with Kinemacolor , first demonstrated in 1906 . This was a two - color system created in England by George Albert Smith , and promoted by film pioneer Charles Urban 's The Charles Urban Trading Company in 1908 . It was used for a series of films including the documentary With Our King and Queen Through India , depicting the Delhi Durbar ( also known as The Durbar at Delhi , 1912 ) , which was filmed in December 1911 . The Kinemacolor process consisted of alternating frames of specially sensitized black - and - white film exposed at 32 frames per second through a rotating filter with alternating red and green areas . The printed film was projected through similar alternating red and green filters at the same speed . A perceived range of colors resulted from the blending of the separate red and green alternating images by the viewer 's persistence of vision . </P>
<P> Practical color in the motion picture business began with Kinemacolor , first demonstrated in 1906 . This was a two - color system created in England by George Albert Smith , and promoted by film pioneer Charles Urban 's The Charles Urban Trading Company in 1908 . It was used for a series of films including the documentary With Our King and Queen Through India , depicting the Delhi Durbar ( also known as The Durbar at Delhi , 1912 ) , which was filmed in December 1911 . The Kinemacolor process consisted of alternating frames of specially sensitized black - and - white film exposed at 32 frames per second through a rotating filter with alternating red and green areas . The printed film was projected through similar alternating red and green filters at the same speed . A perceived range of colors resulted from the blending of the separate red and green alternating images by the viewer 's persistence of vision . </P>
when did the first color movie come out
when did the first color movie come out
Our King and Queen Through India
Our King and Queen Through India