Why do audiences associate black-and-white photography and cinematography with a stronger sense of unidealized realism than that provided by color film stock?

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The reason is the historical use of black-and-white images for documentaries and newspaper photographs.

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The plots of black-and-white films are more realistic.

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Black-and-white images offer ambiguous moral positions for characters.

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Color images are distracting.

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Color films are more closely associated with fantasy.

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