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SMPTE color bars

Color benchmark for the NTSC video format
Event test_card Q2539941
SMPTE color bars
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SMPTE color bars

Summary

SMPTE color bars is a test card[1]. It draws 726 Wikipedia views per month (test_card category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • SMPTE color bars's video is recorded as SMPTE bars and tone.ogv[3].
  • SMPTE color bars's image is recorded as SMPTE Color Bars.svg[4].
  • SMPTE color bars's instance of is recorded as test card[5].
  • SMPTE color bars's Commons category is recorded as SMPTE color bars[6].
  • SMPTE color bars's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026_98[7].
  • SMPTE color bars's BabelNet ID is recorded as 13817606n[8].
  • SMPTE color bars's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q5720039[9].
  • SMPTE color bars's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as color-bars[10].

Why It Matters

SMPTE color bars draws 726 Wikipedia views per month (test_card category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). SMPTE color bars. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/smpte-color-bars
MLA “SMPTE color bars.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/smpte-color-bars.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_smpte-color-bars_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{SMPTE color bars}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/smpte-color-bars}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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