Was the underwater world so different durring "Sea Hunt"era?

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Many of you who were born after around 1960 (about the time Sea Hunt went off the air) might not know that prior to that time humans could see only black and white. There was no concept of color - as you can observe with Sea Hunt and other TV shows of that era.

The evolution of human ability to view color was not to happen for a few more years. For those of us older folks who lived through the transition, diving became more popular because we discovered that reefs looks a heck of lot nicer in color. It also made food look at lot more appetizing. That's about the time I started to gain a lot of weight. I sometimes long for the simpler days of back and white, when I did not have to debate with my wife about whether the drapes in the living room should be fuchsia or magenta.


There also must be a tremendous difference watching on my 75" TV vs 13" inch.
 
The world was black and white, no colour change with depth either. True , I tell no lies.o_O
Edit: We did not have colour TV for years after you Guys.
 
1975, and we waited another four years for the price to come down, but now I have nine and they're all mine mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau

was my show, got me in the water, bathtub first


Happy everyone
 
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