The early color sets had primitive colors. Anything red or orange was like a burnt orange, yellows looked like dirty white, and blues and greens looked like some semblence of the two. The definition and distinction between colors was blocky/blurry. At least that is what I recall -- maybe those old antennas weren't the best?
An older friend loves old black and white movies, but says the blacks and whites displayed on color broadcasts are washed out -- more shades of gray than either black or white -- compared to the old black and white broadcasts. He said you can see the difference if you watch a tape or DVD of an old black and white, versus watching the same program broadcast by a television station.
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