I am also very grateful to see the colours, because I love colours but you know? My mother and brother confuse brown with green and my brother often asks me when in doubt about a colour. I didn't have anyone who took black and white pictures either, but in the time when my grandparents were little they took pictures like that and I have seen many, some with small retouches like on the cheeks or lips of women...
It would be sad to see in black and white... with so many beautiful colours. But some people have no choice.