20 classic painted pictures

In the project "History in the color" black and white photographs made in tsvetnye.Prosmatrivaya photos of events of bygone days, it seems that eventually the world became brighter. Like in the early XX century, everything was black and white and then gradually acquired colors and shades. But, of course, the past was not without color, people, their clothes, the scenery on the background - everything had its own color.

Participants of the project "History in color" on the site reddit figured out how to look into the last century, without losing color. Professional digital artists painted historical pictures that exist only in black and white, thereby breathing life into them.

It would seem that the idea is simple, and there is nothing special: just some signage at the store will be colored, or dress - not black and dark red. However, the result exceeded expectations.

The final image has a surprising effect: historical moments in the color produced is incredibly alive. People seem more real events - whether war scenes or moments of friendly gatherings - look as if they had occurred recently. This makes the picture much more impressive.

Website to your attention 20 color photographs, which we always used to see in black and white.

Audrey Hepbern



Lost boy holding a toy. London 1945 god

The crash of the airship Hindenburg. New Jersey, United States, May 6, 1937 goda

Japanese archers. 1860 god

View from the Capitol during the Civil War. Nashville, Tennessee, USA, in 1864 god

Albert Einstein. Nassau, Long Island, New York, summer 1939 goda

Charlie Chaplin at the age of 27 years. 1916 god

Joseph Goebbels scowls at the photographer Alfred Eisenstadt, learning that he was Jewish. 1933 god

Nikola Tesla. 1893 god

Elizabeth Taylor in the film "Giant." 1956

Crowd raging concert Jay MakKnili older. Los Angeles, 1953

An unemployed carpenter. 1939

A boy in a slum area of ​​Baltimore. USA, July 1938

Car accident. Washington, DC 1926 god

Village shop «Old Gold». US 1939 god

Murphy and his partner demonstrate a bulletproof vest. October 13, 1923 goda

British soldiers on the train on the way to the Western Front. England, September 20, 1939

Mark Twain in the garden. 1900 god

Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway. 1880 god

Walt Whitman, American poet and essayist. 1887 god

Second World on modern photographs

USSR, which we lost

Millions of moments of life

via www.adme.ru/illustration-and-photography/milliony-za-mgnoveniya-zhizni-532705/