French artist Sébastien de Oliveira is best known for his meticulous colorization of historical black and white photographs, ...

Black-and-white photos have their own nostalgic charm, but sometimes they can feel a little distant, like glimpses of a world we can’t quite connect with. Now, imagine seeing those same vintage ...

Last Updated on July 9, 2025 by Matt Staff Imagine stepping into the year 1912, not through dusty textbooks and black-and-white photos, but in full color. These 20 colorized images offer a rare chance ...

Marina Amaral has been fascinated by history and photography for as long as she can remember. As a child she taught herself Photoshop by watching tutorials on YouTube. Five years ago, the budding ...

When those first few patches of color begin to spread across a black and white photo, “that’s the magical moment,” for artist Jakob Lagerweij. Maybe it starts in the eyes, or the hands, or the face, ...

Alfred T. Palmer, “Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a 'Vengeance' dive bomber, Tennessee” (1943) converted to grayscale by the author. For most of the history of ...

Madison is a freelance science reporter and full-time fact-checker based in the wild Rocky Mountains of western Montana. Madison is a freelance science reporter and full-time fact-checker based in the ...

An urban legend tells the tale of Google promising a cool feature for its Photos application: the magic ability to turn your old black-and-white photos into colorful pics. Google’s magnificent dataset ...