Ma'anar "TV mai launi" tana nufin tsarin talabijin mai iya nunawa da watsa hotuna cikin cikakken launi. Fasaha ce da ke ba da damar haifuwar launuka iri-iri, sabanin talbijin na baki da fari, wanda kawai ke nuna inuwar launin toka. A cikin talabijin masu launi, hotunan sun ƙunshi launuka na farko guda uku: ja, kore, da shuɗi. Ana haɗe waɗannan launuka a cikin nau'i daban-daban don ƙirƙirar nau'ikan launuka iri-iri, suna ba da damar ƙarin haƙiƙa da ƙwarewar gani ga masu kallo.