Black & White came first. There are a few films where the frames were hand-colored.
The process for color film had not been invented yet. A few silent films had scenes where the frames were hand colored but that was a very tedius method.
It was in 1918.
A silent film is technicolor or black and white. When someone wants to talk it has words on the screen. Not too many silent films by the way. A modern film has normal color to it. Most of the films are not silent. It has grown over the years too. So have a good day stranger!
The format for movies in the 1910's and 1920's was black and white silent films. No sound, no color. It was actually a reel of film.
The Wizard of Oz .
It's hard to say but black-and-white was still mainstream through the 1950's and more films were made prior to television going mainstream than today. As of 2011, probably black-and-white, with color closing fast.
Kodak Ektar 100 (color negative) Ilford Pan F (black & white negative) Fuji Superia (color negative)
If you're referring to the television series "The Rifleman", most television series made prior to 1965 were filmed in black & white. It cost more to film in color and color televisions took a while to become mainstream. Some series such as Gunsmoke and Gilligan's Island started before 1965 and ended after. So the early episodes were black and white and the later ones were in color.
Color movies were first introduced commercially be Walt Disney Studios in the 1930's, but color was used in very few films until the 1950s. Most films made in the US by the easrly 1960s were filmed in color. Many of the classic films from the 1930's to the 1950's have been 'colorized'. Any old black-and-white films can be converted into color, but it is a time-consuming and expensive process.
Most are but sometimes a black and white film will be made. It's usually for artistic reasons.
The music video for "Your Woman" by White Town was made in the year 1997. The video is in the style of black-and-white silent films and most outdoor scenes were filmed in Derby City Centre.
Black is the absence of all color. White is the presence of all color. Therefore, black has no actual color.