Colour Strike Colour Strike The Colour Strike was an industrial action by technicians at all ITV companies from 13 November 1970 to 8 February 1971 (although some shows made during this period in black and white were having their first transmission as late as December 1971) who, due to a pay dispute with their management, refused to work with colour television equipment. At that time ITV had recently switched to colour transmissions, requiring the individual companies to invest heavily in new equipment. Early colour television studio cameras consisted of four tubes to relay the picture: three were receptive to colour (red, green
Colour Me Free! was set to be released in April 2009, but EMI postponed it to July. "I just don't know what's happening with it. They really need to pull their finger out. I've worked very hard on this record and I don't know what the plans are until EMI confirm a release date", she told the "Daily Mail" in March 2009. "Colour Me Free!" was delayed once again until 20 October 2009. By January 2010, Stone's dispute with EMI had been settled. The original cover art for "Colour Me Free!" features a black-and-white shot of Stone in a cage, which, according to