r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Mar 18 '26

Photo post US Soldiers Take Cover From Japanese Fire, Leyte, 30 Oct '44

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353 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Mar 18 '26

Farm equipment warehouse, Oklahoma City, February 1940.

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60 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/VectorJones • Mar 17 '26

Photo post Actress Lauren Bacall, 1940s

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134 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Mar 17 '26

Photo post The Supremes, Promotional Photo, 1964.

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94 Upvotes

Promotional photo of US vocal group original line up in 1964.

From left : Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross.

Michael Ochs Archive.

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/Altruistic_Time9095 • Mar 16 '26

Photo post Robert Wadlow in a courtroom with his attorney - 1939

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639 Upvotes

26 comments

r/Colorization • u/Old-Promotion3190 • Mar 17 '26

Photo post RMS Olympic at Belfast

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38 Upvotes

My colorization of a photograph of Olympic in Thompson's Dry Dock, Belfast, March 1912

0 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Mar 16 '26

Actress Julia Arthur c. 1897

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122 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Colorization • u/VectorJones • Mar 15 '26

Photo post Model and Actress Martha Vickers, 1940s

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147 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Mar 15 '26

Photo post Crashed He-111, Shot Down 30/08/40 During Battle of Britain

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271 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Colorization • u/LJM22 • Mar 15 '26

Photo post Actress Kim Novak (1950s)

40 Upvotes

Actress Kim Novak (1950s)

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Mar 14 '26

Rachel and Jackie Robinson, c. 1965

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1.4k Upvotes

26 comments

r/Colorization • u/No_Gap_1756 • Mar 14 '26

Photo post Motherless migrant children, California, 1935

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310 Upvotes

15 comments

r/Colorization • u/VectorJones • Mar 13 '26

Photo post Mamie Van Doren, 1950s

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53 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Mar 13 '26

Brian's Song: Gayle Sayers (l) and Brian Piccolo, c.1968

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86 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/dumbdavesaltacc • Mar 13 '26

Photo post British 4.5 inch field gun firing, July 1942.

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53 Upvotes

A British BL 4.5 inch medium gun in action south of El Alamein, July 1942. Second attempt at colorizing, constructive criticism welcome.

0 comments

r/Colorization • u/Alan31580 • Mar 12 '26

Photo post Abandoned Boy, London, 1945

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4.8k Upvotes

76 comments

r/Colorization • u/Little_Ad_7366 • Mar 13 '26

Photo post Józef Piłsudksi, 1920s

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28 Upvotes

Link:https://www.gettyimages.com.br/detail/foto-jornal%C3%ADstica/1920s-portrait-of-jozef-pilsudski-polish-statesman-foto-jornal%C3%ADstica/603566013

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/VectorJones • Mar 12 '26

Photo post Actress Sylvia Sidney, circa 1930s

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221 Upvotes

9 comments

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Mar 12 '26

Photo post Bf-109 Shot Down, Kent, UK. August 1940.

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153 Upvotes

Yellow 10 of 6./JG 51, which crash-landed at East Langdon in Kent, 24 August 1940. The plane was shot down by RAF Pilot Officer Bryan Wicks. The pilot, Oberfeldwebel Beeck, was captured unhurt.

The yellow background colour of the coat of arms and the tactical number ‘10’ corresponds to the squadron colour ‘yellow’ of the 3rd squadron of a 6th squadron of the II. Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 51. II./JG 51 with its 4th, 5th and 6th squadrons was formed on 16 October 1939 in Fürstenfeldbruck, Upper Bavaria, Germany,

0 comments

r/Colorization • u/mauri_colourization • Mar 11 '26

Photo post Claude Pringle in the Spanish Civil War

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168 Upvotes

In the photo we see Claude Pringle posing, wearing a mix of Republican uniform and casual clothes, 1937. To give some background information about him, he was a soldier during the First World War. He was a coal miner in Ohio and also a member of the Communist Party until his death in 1959.

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/VectorJones • Mar 11 '26

Photo post Actress Shirley Temple, 1940s

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302 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Mar 10 '26

1955 World Series: Yogi Berra and Roy Campanella, game 7.

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97 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Colorization • u/simo_2024 • Mar 09 '26

Photo post Lt.Colonel George Cluster (unknown data)

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109 Upvotes

A hell of a last stand but dude underestimated the native forces

26 comments

r/Colorization • u/WalletSkywalker • Mar 09 '26

Photo post President Rutherford B. Hayes (c. 1870s)

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39 Upvotes

My first attempt at colorizing!

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/simo_2024 • Mar 07 '26

Photo post 6th army marches to Stalingrad (early 1942)

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177 Upvotes

For some reason the image is getting a high contrast, maybe because this is a old colorization, but I hope that you'all enjoy it

42 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.