BlackAndWhiteTimes

Once I wrote something where I joked about the "black and white times". Those times we only know distanced through black and white photography.

Lack of colour is a huge psychological barrier to us understanding / empathising with the past.

In many ways, coloured paintings from the 17th century make it look more real to us than b&w photos from the beginning of the 20th.

To illustrate the point, some black and white photos skilfully coloured to make them look more real and relevant.

http://twentytwowords.com/2013/11/06/realistically-colorized-historical-photos-make-the-past-seem-incredibly-real-36-pictures/