Pictures are worth 1,000 words and all, but when they’re in black and white, it’s hard to imagine what certain moments in time were really like. The same goes for historical figures. Luckily, ...

We often think of history in black and white, quite literally. And that’s because most very old photographs are indeed monochrome, taken before a time when images could easily and affordably be ...

History looks boring in black and white until someone decides to give it life with color. Suddenly the past jumps off the page with people, streets, and moments that feel shockingly real. You see ...

Composite Films conducted 5,800 hours of research and poured over 27 miles of film to create our series America in Color. Where did they even begin? Their art director fills us in on the maddeningly ...

During the Great Depression, lives were reshaped, fortunes were lost, and hope endured. This period is etched in the sepia-toned pages of history. But this time, we're bringing those memories to life ...

These colorized versions of black and white photographs allow you to look at a piece of history with a different eye. Before photos were collected on your phone they were taken on a camera, and before ...

There is something incredible that happens when we see a classic black-and-white photograph transformed into color. It makes the past seem more vivid, but also more surreal at the same time. Here are ...

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 ...

Step back in time and experience New York as it looked in the early 1900s. This video presents rare historical footage from the turn of the century, carefully restored and meticulously colorized to ...

WHAT IT’S ABOUT “Colorizing” black-and-white movies remains controversial, some 30 years after initial attempts to make old films peacock-palatable in a color TV world. The original computer process ...