Before the advent of color photography, it was common for black and white photos to be retouched with paints. The “hand-coloring” technique was used with frequency until around 1940. And for this week ...

Helen Suits holds a draft of a drawing’s composition next to one she has added detail to. Suit’s sister, Thea Suits, is creating the composition of the drawings for the next two coloring books. Suits ...

Recently, there has been an uptick of interest in the idea of “colorizing” black and white photos. Some enthusiasts do it using Photoshop, while others are trying to use automated algorithms. But, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Gayle Anderson reports artist, designer, and ...