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[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months 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 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Well they were pretty racist in spite of not seeing color

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

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