Editing Indian-head test pattern (section)

{{Short description|Television test card}}
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[[File:RCA Indian Head Test Pattern.svg|thumb|right|312px|The RCA Indian-head test pattern]]

The '''Indian-head test pattern''' is a [[test card]] that gained widespread adoption during the [[History of television#Electronic television|black-and-white television]] broadcasting era as an aid in the calibration of [[television]] equipment. It features a drawing of a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] wearing a [[War bonnet|headdress]] surrounded by numerous graphic elements designed to test different aspects of broadcast display. The card was created by [[RCA]] to be the standard image for their TK-1 [[monoscope]], a simple [[video camera]] capable of producing only the image embedded within it. The pattern was introduced in 1939 and over the following two decades became a fixture of television broadcast across North America in [[525-line]] resolution and (often in modified form) abroad in 525- and [[625-line]] resolution until it was made obsolete by the rise of [[color television]] in the 1960s.