Then and now, Star Trek

[jonobie]

When I was quite young, my parents still had an old black and white TV where we watched Star Trek. When my mother told me that they were buying a color TV, I was confused because I was absolutely convinced that I could see color on the screen. What follows is the subsequent conversation, after I informed her of this:
Her: Ok, so what color is

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Color TV

[rfunk]

When I was a kid I was convinced that I had seen something red on a show I was watching on our B/W TV.

Much later I learned that I have minor colorblindness, but that still doesn't quite explain it.

[spikes_momma]

Some friends of mine growing up were convinced that they, too, had a colored TV. They were quite floored the first time they saw a non-black and white TV...

[jonobie]

Interesting that I'm not the only one who was sure I saw color on B&W TV! Wonder what causes that?