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The impulse to colorize monochrome photos goes back almost as long as photography itself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-colouring_of_photographs#Pre-1900
by roywiggins 4y ago
The impulse to colorize monochrome photos goes back almost as long as photography itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-colouring_of_photographs#Pre-1900 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-colouring_of_photographs#...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-colouring_of_photographs#/media/File:Unknown_man.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-colouring_of_photographs#...
It depends on the photo, obviously, but colorization can also give a new dimension of contrast to a photo, even if the colors aren't strictly accurate, by separating out the foreground from the background better.
- logifail 4y ago> The impulse to colorize monochrome photos goes back almost as long as photography itself Impulse? A strange word to choose. Impulsive behaviour isn't what I'd aspire to, or want others to aspire to. Be thoughtful.
- wilg 4y agoWho are you scolding and why?
- roywiggins 4y agoI was using it in the sense of definition 1b, a propensity or natural tendency usually other than rational: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impulse https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impulse People have liked colorizing photographs for a long time, it's a natural tendency even though it may or may not be rational.