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Image Colourisation

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You might have already used some AI Picture Colourizer software (such as Vance AI). Such software is being used for the reconstruction of old B&W photographs or films of historical and cultural significance or of sentimental value to the user of the application software. But how does this software work? Is it really possible to recover all lost colour information? B&W Reconstructed Coloured Unfortunately, most algorithms can only make informed guesses about the colour content of an image and frequently fail in the complete absence of any colour information. Using Vance AI to reproduce the colour content of those B&W peppers, we see that many colours are not identified correctly. There have been multiple cases of image colourising that provoked anxiety about the authenticity of photography in the digital era as covered in  this article . A simple remedy to this may be to simplify the problem by adding some colour information to the image. Pe...