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[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's because color hadn't been invented yet and therefore people could only see in black and white. That's why old shows don't have color.

[–] pipe01@programming.dev 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Well they were pretty racist in spite of not seeing color

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

Well, they could still see in black and white...