When I was ickle, I used to think that in the olden days of black and white films and photography, people saw in black and white. And some time in the 1950's people learnt to see in colour.
A childhood belief about history
you weren't the only one
564 of you believed this
- After I saw the Wizard of Oz, I was under the impression Kansas was black and white.Anon
- Before the invention of the camera, everything looked like a cartoon with the quality/effect of oil painting.— MD Caruso
- after watching "the wizard of oz" i thought kansas was black and white and the rest of the world was color!— kelly
- I use to think polka dot was a color.Anon
- I thought the world was black and white because of all the smoke from the bombs in Second World War.— Bjoern
- I used to believe that my grandparents' world was in black and white.— Sara Serés