Anna Franklin, director of the University of Sussex's Baby Lab, is researching how newborns see color in their early, pre-eagle-eagle days. "It's a fallacy that infants perceive in black and white," Anna said, adding that tests have shown newborns can notice enormous, bright spots of red on a grey backdrop as well. She also mentioned that there are differences between boys and girls - for example, boys tend to focus on shapes more than girls do. Babies' eyes are not fully developed until around eight weeks after birth, which is why they need your help seeing in color. Also, because of this, they are more likely to look away from bright lights or patterns when trying to sleep. Finally, because boys tend to focus on shapes rather than colors, they will usually wear black or white clothes instead of choosing among the many colorful options out there. So, yes, babies can see in black and white, but only because it makes sense behaviorally. They don't really see in monochrome, per se; rather, their brains interpret the world in shades of gray scale so they can pay closer attention to one thing at a time.