Colorized history

Monet in front of his murals, 1923

It's amazing how much color can change the way you look at a photo.

A fascinating collection of images from the American Civil war representing both armies have been brought to life via colorization giving further insight into the most studied episode of U.S. history.

TIME colorized some of the most iconic images of the Civil War

If it ain’t weird, interesting, and enlightening, it ain’t got any place on the Weird History Twitter page. Home to nearly 177k adoring fans, the Weird History project embodies the best aspects of education in the digital age: make it short, make it precise, and make it fun. Throw in some spot-on illustrations and boom! You’ve made yourself popular with fact-lovers all over the globe.

1. The colors of fire hydrants give a reasonably accurate picture as to how much water flow and pressure they can provide.

When we think of the past, we often think of it in black and white. After all, most historical photos that we've seen from the first half of the 20th Century are in monochrome, and because of this, it's easy to forget that color actually existed back then.

Title: Amelia Earhart Catalog #: WOF_00313 Item Location: Women of Flight Box 5 Collection: Women of Flight Special Collection Tags: Women of Flight Photo, Amelia Earhart Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

War History Online presents this Guest Article from Michael D. Carroll A UNIQUE INSIGHT into the Civil War Confederates has been brought to light in the

A number of Reddit users have taken it upon themselves to convert a slew of Civil War photos into beautiful color.