#ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues Entries & First Winner

Last week, we announced that we were making MyHeritage InColor™ — our popular automatic photo colorization feature — available for free and unlimited use for the next month, to provide those isolated at home with a fun way to pass the time. To date, 5.9 million photos have been colorized since MyHeritage InColor™ was released.

We challenged users to post their colorized photos on social media with the hashtag #ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues to enter a draw for the chance to win a free MyHeritage Complete subscription. Users all over the world have enthusiastically embraced the challenge. They’ve shared thousands of amazing photos depicting their ancestors — or their younger selves — in full color. See below some incredible examples of black and white photos brought to life:

I love this picture of my Grandparents (on the left) no idea who the others are but they're having a good time either way! @MyHeritage #ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues pic.twitter.com/6ga2mem93M

— Danielle #stayhomesavelives (@Chasing_My_Tale) March 31, 2020

#ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues @MyHeritage
Equipe de Brasil antes da Copa do Mundo de 1958. Aí, esperando embarque na Estação Ferroviaria-Poços de Caldas. Da esquerda para a direita Nilton Santos, Dino Sani, Gilmar, Bellini, Garrincha, Moacir, Dida, Joel, Mazzola, Zagallo e Pelé pic.twitter.com/d0EJnItMTl

— jose geraldo paula (@zeventania) March 25, 2020

I treasure this picture of my father with his parents.
Thanks for having such an easy-to-use tool to add life to it!@MyHeritage #ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues pic.twitter.com/AL20uB0IH2

— Patricia Greber 🇨🇦 (@treesrch) March 24, 2020

#ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues @MyHeritage what's the oldest photo that has been colorised.@Scranlife https://t.co/iiHgihBveb pic.twitter.com/fRIC05EipA

— Aitchison ONS (@AitchisonONS) March 25, 2020

#ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues @MyHeritage An old family black and white gets the colour treatment pic.twitter.com/UofWwCeupG

— Renee Bernard (@Renee1130) March 26, 2020

#FamilyHistory Colorizing another wonderful photo of my grandpa Teddy, this time photographed inside his grocery store in the Bronx, NY. TY to @MyHeritage for this fun tool. The color version makes me smile! #ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues pic.twitter.com/K4Pmh3Ddxh

— Marian Burk Wood (@MarianBWood) March 27, 2020

I colorized my grandparents' wedding photo at @MyHeritage. The people look great, but just *look* at those flowers! #familyhistory #ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues pic.twitter.com/3zXuWsfDjo

— The Happy Harpy (@Queenealogist) March 26, 2020

One of my favorite pics of the #StrongWomen in my family, ca. 1941. Grandma is 2nd from rt, g-gma is 3rd from rt. They survived #WWI, #WWII, the #1918pandemic, & the #GreatDepression, to name a few things. I am in awe of them. #ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues #MyHeritage #Genealogy pic.twitter.com/iKaKFEQttO

— J. L. Starkey (@Jtrainorjustj) March 27, 2020

ooh, how I love a contest!!

This is a baseball team Adanac (Canada backwards) but I don’t know why my grandmother had it.@MyHeritage #ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues pic.twitter.com/RRfP8Zyg2b

— Patricia Greber 🇨🇦 (@treesrch) March 24, 2020

It is great Bill. Really brings black and white photos to life. I cried when I saw the colourised photo of my lovely mum with her parents ♥️ #ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues @MyHeritage pic.twitter.com/l8cs7lNHQu

— Sarah (@Mum4TeamEdwards) March 27, 2020

During the lockdown @MyHeritage are giving unlimited access to their colourising software. Here are my Great Grandparents in the original black and white then colourised, which took seconds simply amazing#ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues pic.twitter.com/oV9mY8vP3r

— Dingle (@Dingle49027123) March 28, 2020

Another colourization! Thanks @MyHeritage My grandparents Wedding. #ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues pic.twitter.com/oJgRlNZ9iF

— Karen Mahoney (@karenmahoney25) March 29, 2020

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Sonsbeek back in the 50s… #sonsbeek #sonsbeekpark #arnhem #50s #myparents #throwback #colorbeatscoronavirusblues #colorised #colorisedfromblackandwhite #myheritage #inthepark #history #familyhistory #arnhemstagram @myheritage_official

A post shared by Pieter-Jan Landsheer-Kock (@i_am_pjarnhem) on Mar 31, 2020 at 6:33am PDT

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La casa dei miei nonni materni. #agordinodolomitibellunesi #ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues

A post shared by giovanni monti di sopra (@giotto55) on Mar 31, 2020 at 3:07am PDT

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Day 6: Four generations of the Labbe family c. 1929. @myheritage_official #colorbeatscoronavirusblues #familyhistory #genealogy

A post shared by SN Howes (@samnhowes) on Mar 29, 2020 at 5:19pm PDT

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Colorized version of a picture with my Aunt Claire, my Mom, an unidentified relative and my grandmother Anita. #ColorBeatsCoronaVirusBlues @MyHeritage

A post shared by Ernie Paicopolos (@fenwaynation) on Mar 29, 2020 at 4:24pm PDT

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It is truly amazing how much the My Heritage colorize app brings to old photos. My mom, her brother, and my grandmother in the late forties or early fifties. My mom was born in 1943. #vintagephotography #vintagephoto #colorbeatscoronavirusblues #1950s #1950sstyle #1950svintage @myheritage_official #myheritage

A post shared by Bettyford The Carrot Monster (@bettyfordthecarrotmonster) on Mar 29, 2020 at 1:03pm PDT

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Coloring black and white photos using MyHeritage. Their colorization tool is free until April 22nd, 2020 if anybody wants to try it out. It’s pretty interesting to see what the old houses looked like in color along with my ancestors! My great-grandpa is the little boy sitting on the ground on the right. #vintagevignette #showusthevintage #historymeetsdecor #showandtellvintagefinds #vintagefresh #iloveoldstuff #fleamarketfinds #fleamarketstyle #fleamarketdecor #colorizedhistory #colorizedphoto #colorbeatscoronavirusblues #familyfarm #myweatheredwares #farmhousestyle

A post shared by Haley (@hlorson) on Mar 29, 2020 at 10:46am PDT

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#ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues

A post shared by Diane Binetti (@dianebinetti) on Mar 29, 2020 at 9:17am PDT

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#ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues @MyHeritage

A post shared by Kurt Pajbjerg (@kpajbjerg) on Mar 29, 2020 at 8:24am PDT

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Griffin family girls at the beach #colorbeatscoronavirusblues @myheritage

A post shared by Jan Butler (@skylark590) on Mar 29, 2020 at 7:31am PDT

See the hundreds of entries on Twitter and Instagram. 

And now, it’s time to announce this week’s winner: Diana Aitchison from Spain! Congratulations, Diana!

#ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues @MyHeritage my grandfather receiving 50 years service award. Makes it look like it just happened! pic.twitter.com/posdMuuKgT

— Aitchison ONS (@AitchisonONS) March 25, 2020

We’d like to thank you all for all the wonderful photos you’ve shared so far, and to ask you to please share more using the hashtag #ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues. We can’t get enough of your entries. And who knows — maybe you’ll be next week’s lucky winner.