Lucid Dreamscape and Colours.

[Szaxx]

Lucid dreamscape and colours.
Over a century reports of dreams are mostly black and white. They occasion some colours but not often.
This seems to be a misconception of the facts. I can only remember having black and white dreams at the start of the experience and these account for two or three in 50 years. One was different as the black and white only appeared on my dream body. I had something to learn to earn my colours in this one. I did earn my colours and the lesson was respecting the inhabitants of the dreamscape  by basically blending in, becoming as one of them. By copying their routines and not flying around upsetting them, the respect earned was to become an exceedingly useful tool later on in many experiences.
I can't recall ANY lucid dreams bar the one above which was 43 or so years ago where no colour existed.
The dreamscape that's dark or in some 'bad feel' locations tend to be dismally coloured but this is inherent with the location. The inside of the stores that I visited in the 'Dirty City' experience I recently posted are a prime example of lack of colour. The fire was coloured as expected.
The question now arises of how many of you have black and white dreams?
It's a mythbuster sort of question.
Any answers will be welcome if you can add if it's only in normal dreams or everytime you become lucid for example.

[EscapeVelocity]

As a child, I had mixtures of B/W and color "normal" dreams. I always figured it was part of my early development of visualization; maybe also influenced by a majority of B/W television shows in the early '60s.

As I grew older and especially as I focused more intensively on my dreaming, there was more color and vividness. I don't recall that I have any B/W dreams now, but some have very little color to them almost as if my subconscious won't put the energy into it or if color isn't necessary to the content of the dream, then it is disregarded or minimized.

And yes, the depth and degree of color seems strongly connected to my level of awareness/lucidity. The more awareness, the more color, the more vivid. Becoming lucid in a dream always makes the colors "pop"!

RTZ/etheric obes have ranged from the classically-reported sepia tones to soft blue to what is for me most often a kind of fuzzy B/W-dark green.

Astral obes are always colorful and vibrant. (one exception being my visit to the Badlands which, despite what felt like a high level of awareness, had very noticeably subdued colors; a clue to where I was and one I won't soon forget)

[LightBeam]

I have never thought of black and white dreams, nor have I ever experienced them. I have always had colored experiences, whether dreams, lucids or OBEs. OBEs are always much more colorful and vivid than regular dreams, or the physical reality.

[Szaxx]

The RTZ especially in my earliest memories was subdued in colour. I accepted this as I was moving around at night usually in the woods behind the house. Darkness wasn't a problem as everything was dimly lit in a violet blue tint. The houses appeared normal where lit. The mercury streetlights looked the same colour as moonlight, that's hardly surprising...
In '64 the black and white TV's were all we had, I like the reasoning of the influential effect this plays, I personally recieved this influence a few years later when a sci-fi program had monochromatic characters mixed in with normal colours. Possibly Dr. Who in '69 or so. Colour TV was introduced in '68 in the U.K. if memory serves well.
I have to agree with dreams are in colour. It makes me wonder if those reports from long ago were formed from a belief generated by reading a book that stipulated the monochromatic myth.
The definition in oobe's is superior to the physical in many cases. A thought of clarity is all it takes to enhance this.
I hope more posts appear saying similar.
Thanks for the replies.

[Nameless]

The question now arises of how many of you have black and white dreams?

I've had to think about this Szaxx but I don't remember any truly black and white dreams. I do have dreams sometimes that are sort of washed out and faded. And some that are extraordinarily vibrant with color.

I read something not too long ago about most of the colors we see today being new to our perception. I don't know how true that is but according to what I was reading blue was one of the first colors to enter our visual field. There were a few ideas posed as to why that is but I've no idea where I read that.

I will add that some of my dream scapes have been in a monochromatic color scheme such as all brown or blue or what have you.

[Szaxx]

It's strange how in days of old your dreams were in black and white. This may have a hidden meaning when you think about it. A document is known as being in black and white. Perhaps these old days knew more than we think about today lol.