#ColorBeatsCoronavirusBlues Entries & First Winner
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by Esther ·
- April 1, 2020
- · Family History
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
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.
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