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I'm guessing it happens most among millennials and gen z. Seems like dream norms are based on your youth.
Remember (gen x folks) when they used to say that everyone dreamed in black and white, but you're like, nuh uh? It's because boomers dreamed in black and white because they grew up on black and white TV.
Idk about the TV part. Because what did they dream in before that? Radio? Silent films?
Dreaming in color or black and white is more of a personal aspect unrelated to TV and probably something that can change even for one person over time. And dreams are not only based on your youth, they are based on your life and your experiences and can include just about whatever. You can dream in different languages depending on what you are using most (many dreams I have are in English and I'm not a native speaker).
No, it really has been statistically associated with such things as what kind of media you were exposed to. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/health/02real.html
Unfortunately I need an account to read it. But there's a difference on the media you are exposed and the medium. Dreams in B&W are not related to old TV
But I'm guessing you're around English speaking people most of the time
Actually no, not technically, but I do get to use English most of the time. But that's now in my late 30s, during my youth and childhood I would never use English really. The whole point is to give a counter experience to the fact that dreams are based on our upbringing. It's based simply on whatever is in our minds.