Born in black and white

This is an actual conversation Your Humble Servant (hereinafter YHS) had with His Son (hereinafter  HS) recently:

HS: Dad, was I born in black and white?

YHS (puzzled): What do you mean?

HS: I've seen on TV how in the past, the world used to be in black and white.

YHS (amused and relieved): Well ...