5 Open-Source Python Tools for Retro Images Colorization

Dmitrii Eliuseev
Dev Genius
Published in
9 min readSep 30, 2022

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Thousands of vintage photos and movies were made in the era when color images were not available. Nowadays, with the help of deep learning, we can make these pictures colorful and closer to their original look. I will test 5 open-source tools, which will allow readers to colorize images for free on their own PC.

As a test, I will use two images. The first one was made in 1912:

Ballerina Anna Pawlova, Source © https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pavlova

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