colorizing black and white images?

[quink]

Okay, dunno if this fits the topic of this section but i was wondering, would it be possible to write a computer program(or is there one?) that would take a black and white photo and colorize it?
Wouldn't there be some simple, yet interesting way to do this?Darker shades of gray being darker colors? or what am i missing in my thinking?

 

[Mr. Baz]

Programs like that already exist. I believe photoshop is one of them, yet I've never tried it.

Lemmie give it a whirl and if I have any success I'll let you know.

 

[Joves]

MrBaz is correct Photoshop will do this. But it is depending on what you want to spend on a program. Photoshop Elements is less expensive and, may work for you. There are these for example, Jasc PaintShop, Broder MediaShop, ArcSoft PhotoStudio5. Just google them and see what they offer and, do. Good Luck!

 

[quink]

I know photoshop could do it, but i was thinking something more automated? Just as an exercise in programming or something. Anyways upon reading this further, i think i was a bit too tired and it doesn't make much sense so just ignore me.