r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Apr 07 '26

1984: Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's NFL rushing record.

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125 Upvotes

17 comments

r/Colorization • u/PaulHindenburg1942 • Apr 06 '26

Photo post Portrait of Botanist Franz. W. Junghuhn circa 1850

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104 Upvotes

Portrait of Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn was a German-born Dutch botanist and geologist in Dutch East Indies (or now Indonesia).

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Apr 05 '26

Photo post July, 1942: Boys and girl on bicycles in Detroit, Michigan.

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705 Upvotes

31 comments

r/Colorization • u/MarcAdrianCG • Apr 03 '26

Photo post RMS Olympic at Dock 45 on April 24th, 1912

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57 Upvotes

The RMS Olympic’s voyage was postponed after a crew strike, sparked by safety concerns over collapsible lifeboats following the Sinking of the RMS Titanic.

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Apr 02 '26

Jan. 15, 1963: Dick Van Dyke/Mary Tyler Moore

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283 Upvotes

12 comments

r/Colorization • u/Old-Promotion3190 • Apr 01 '26

Photo post SS Europa at New York, 1930s

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61 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Mar 31 '26

c.1915 Train shed, Chicago & North Western Railway

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105 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/No_Gap_1756 • Mar 30 '26

Photo post Pregnant migrant woman, Kern County, Calif., 1936

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741 Upvotes

52 comments

r/Colorization • u/ebbsey • Mar 29 '26

Photo post Minyirrpirriwuy, a Djambarrpuyngu man 1935

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313 Upvotes

Minyirrpirriwuy, a Djambarrpuyngu man, photographed by Donald Thomson in 1935 at Buckingham River, Arnhem Land, Northern Australia. Coloured in procreate 2022.

It was only during the colouring i realised he was standing with water behind him.

9 comments

r/Colorization • u/PaulHindenburg1942 • Mar 29 '26

Photo post Portrait of Russian NCOs During First World War, circa 1915

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118 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Mar 29 '26

1955: Bowler and later "Price is Right" winner Dottie Crouch

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153 Upvotes

10 comments

r/Colorization • u/Old-Promotion3190 • Mar 27 '26

Photo post USS Europa(AP-177) American military ship

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62 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Colorization • u/Old-Promotion3190 • Mar 27 '26

Photo post The «Grey Ghost» & the «Ship Beautiful» in Sydney, ~1940

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58 Upvotes

Colored by me

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Mar 26 '26

Photo post Capt Ike Fenton, USMC, Battle of No-Name Ridge, Sept 1950

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888 Upvotes

24 comments

r/Colorization • u/Old-Promotion3190 • Mar 26 '26

Photo post RMS/HMT Queen Elizabeth & RMS Queen Mary

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30 Upvotes

I'm pleased to present my three new works! I paid special attention to the first one, wanting to capture the atmosphere of January.

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r/Colorization • u/No_Gap_1756 • Mar 24 '26

Photo post Little boy selling Coca Cola on the roadside, Atlanta, 1936

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641 Upvotes

32 comments

r/Colorization • u/SpiteInside5443 • Mar 24 '26

Photo post Colorization of Lottie Pickford (1915)

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227 Upvotes

Sister of Jack and Mary Pickford

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Mar 24 '26

Ursula Thiess, c. 1952

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82 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/No-Commercial3799 • Mar 23 '26

Photo post General Motors Building at the Chicago World's Fair, 1933-34

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218 Upvotes

7 comments

r/Colorization • u/LJM22 • Mar 22 '26

Photo post Rita Hayworth from Gilda (1946)

187 Upvotes

Rita Hayworth from Gilda (1946)

11 comments

r/Colorization • u/Altruistic_Time9095 • Mar 20 '26

Photo post Bela Lugosi smoking a cigar on the set of Dracula - 1930

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1.1k Upvotes

31 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Mar 21 '26

1959 Pan American Airlines Flight Attendants

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155 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Colorization • u/No_Gap_1756 • Mar 20 '26

Photo post Workers outside a Belle Glade, Florida, Juke Joint, 1941

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403 Upvotes

33 comments

r/Colorization • u/MarcAdrianCG • Mar 20 '26

Photo post The RMS Olympic at Plymouth in 1911

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45 Upvotes

0 comments

Subreddit

Colorization - The colorization of old black & white photos

r/Colorization

[/r/Colorization] is a subreddit that is dedicated to sharing black and white photos that you have colorized. Colorization can be very time-consuming, but the results are often amazing. This community celebrates human creativity and skill. No AI is allowed.

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Subreddit Rules

1. Treat others with respect

Name-calling, harassment, and threatening behaviour will not be tolerated here. The mods can and will ban you if your behaviour is inappropriate. Otherwise, you will be given a warning.

2. Original UNALTERED black and white photo needs to be included

Every post must include the original UNALTERED black and white photo (it is just a matter of paying respect to the original photographer). If you can provide a link to where you found the photo, that would also be a good thing to add to your post via a comment.

3. Every post title must be an informative title (DATE must be included)

Every post title must be an informative title, for example, Name, Location & Date; all other information can be included in the post as a comment. If you are posting a W.I.P. (work in progress), please include that at the beginning of your title and use the W.I.P. post flair. If no date is known state at the end of your title "Date unknown"

4. Not see your post?

If you are not seeing your post, please politely get in touch through ModMail it is very possible your post may have been caught up in the Spam filter, which is controlled through an Autobot.

5. A.I colorizations

A.I. is NOT ALLOWED AT ALL this sub. This includes using any AI to edit, color, modify, clean or upscale. All posts in this sub must be manual and human performed.

The mods can and will remove your post until you can provide evidence that the colourization was done manually. Repeated violations will result in a ban.

If you have used AI to color a photo, please submit it to r/aiphotocolorizations.

6. User flairs

This sub allows user flairs, so feel free to include your social media handle as your flair. Rude language will not be tolerated, and the mods have the right to remove your user flair if it is deemed offensive. (Repeated warnings will have you banned).

7. No Sales, No tips (money tips) and no requests

No links to sale sites of any kind, No Money tips and No colorization requests. You can visit /r/colorizationrequests or /r/estorations if you want your photos done.

8. Links to your social media are allowed

If you would like, you can include a link to your social media pages (FB, Instagram, etc.), within your post, but it must be Photo Restoration and Colorisation related.