Answer:
Polish inventor Jan Szczepanik patented a color television system in 1897, but it could not have worked as he described it, and he never made a working device.
John Logie Baird can be referred to as the father of color television
demonstrated the world's first color transmission on July 3, 1928
made the world's first color broadcast on February 4, 1938
gave the first demonstration of a fully electronic color picture tube on August 16, 1944
CBS gave the first demonstrations of color television to the general public, beginning January 12, 1950, to a series of receivers placed in public places.
CBS-Coloumbia distriubed the first color sets reaching retail stores on September 28, 1951
Pick your date of what you consider how old color television is.