When we think about old photographs, we imagine a black and white picture because color photography was not started then. But it seems like we were wrong.
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Color photography has been around for so many times and people used to enjoy it. The trend of filling colors into photographs has been started by two French brothers, Auguste and Louis Lumière. They both used different dyes and pigments to make the photographs look stunning. And the results were stunning.
You can scroll down to see how old colorful pictures used to look by using this amazing technique.
#1 Christina In Red, 1913
#2 Sisters Sitting In A Garden Tying Roses Together, 1911
#3 Flower Street Vendor, Paris, 1914
#4 Musing (Mrs. A. Van Besten), C. 1910
#5 The Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1914
#6 Daydreams, 1909
#7 Heinz And Eva On The Hillside, 1925
#8 Moulin Rouge, Paris, 1914
#9 The Grenata Street Army, 1915
#10 A Girl Holds A Doll Next To Soldiers’ Equipment In Reims, France, 1917
#11 Young Girl Amidst Marguerites, C. 1912
#12 Among The First Coloured Pictures Ever Taken By Louis Lumière, 1907
#13 Charlie Chaplin, 1918
#14 Woman Smoking Opium, 1915
#15 Two Girls In Oriental Costume, 1908
#16 Outdoor Market, Paris, 1914
#17 Autochrome Of Mark Twain, 1908
#18 Air Balloons, Paris, 1914
#19 Van Besten Painting In His Garden, 1912
#20 Two Girls On A Balcony, 1908
#21 Woman And Girl By A Brook, 1910
#22 Eva And Heinz On The Shore Of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, C. 1927
#23 Family Portrait At Roannay, Belgium, 1913
#24 Christina In Red, 1913
#25 Apan (Young Samurai), 1912
#26 Sweden, Near Gagnef (Mother And Daughter In Traditional Clothes), 1910
#27 Mother Of Seven Making Fringes For Knitted Shawls, Galway, Ireland, 29 May 1913
#28 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mostar, 1913
#29 Joan In Red Riding Hood Cape With Basket, 1907
#30 Lanchester 38hp Tourer, 1913
#31 An Autochrome Of Two Sisters, 1908
#32 Louis Lumière’s Daughter And Her Dolls, 1913
#33 Autochrome Of Else Paneth On A Camel, 1913
#34 Else Reading By The Nile, 1920
#35 Autochorme By Etheldreda Janet Laing, 1912
