| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1893/00/00 | Joseph Pulitzer buys a four-color press with the intention of reproducing notable paintings and architecture in the Sunday New York World. The resulting attempts will be unsuccessful. | |
| 1895/05/00 | The New York World newspaper begins printing Richard Outcault's "Hogan's Alley" comic strip in color. One minor character, a street urchin who wears a yellow shirt, soon becomes the strip's most popular character - The Yellow Kid. | |
| 1896/00/00 | William Hearst buys a color press for New York Journal and entices Richard Outcault and other the New York World's employees to jump ship and publish the New York Journal's full-color Sunday supplement with a version of the Yellow Kid. |
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