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Old September 6th, 2017, 08:57 PM   #2630
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Most people forgot that a skin color consist of more than only one color. Real skin color has different red, magenta and yellow colors. Thatīs why most colorized photos look unreal (like a sepia tone b/w photo) and more like a hand tinted photo from the 1920s. A good colorized photo took a lot of time and research.

Sample for a good colorisation, although some colors are a bit to strong:


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