Hand Coloring Hand coloring, also known as hand-tinting or hand-painting, is a photographic or artistic technique where a black-and-white photograph or print is selectively colored or painted by hand using transparent or opaque pigments. Hand coloring dates back to the early days of photography when photographers would enhance their black-and-white prints with watercolors, dyes, or oil paints to add color and realism to the image. Today, hand coloring is still practiced by artists and photographers as a creative and expressive way to add color, depth, and emotion to their images, resulting in unique and personalized works of art. |