I’ve created a series of inverted black and white images that will trick your mind into perceiving them as color. The image is accurately colorized, which takes hours in some cases. It is then inverted and offset slightly. This helps the visual area of the brain accurately realize the inversion, thus producing a working ‘afterimage’.

Here’s what you do: Stare at the white dot on the nose of each subject for 20 seconds, preferably in a room with dim lighting. Then look away to a blank wall or ceiling and blink a few times, you should see a colorized ghost image.

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Marilyn Monroe.

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One of the world’s most photographed women in history, Marilyn is seen here in Costello’s restaurant N.Y in 1955. When you focus on a picture, the cone cells (used for color) in our eyes become over-stimulated. After a short period of time, these cone cells are only sending a weak signal to your brain telling you what color you’re looking at. This in turn makes the color muted and when you move your eyes to a blank space like an indoor wall, ceiling or sky, your brain will compensate for that lack of information. This means when you look back at the image you will see it in color.

Astronaut John Glenn.

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The highly decorated astronaut with a wealth of achievements to his name.

Crime Boss Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano in 1931.

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One of the most notorious crime figures in modern American history.

Alcatraz escapee Clarence Anglin in 1958.

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Clarence Anglin, his brother John and fellow prisoner Frank Morris managed to escape the Alcatraz prison island, never to be found.

Clyde Barrow in 1926.

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Clyde Barrow traveled the United States with Bonnie Parker and their gang during the Great Depression, robbing people and killing when cornered or confronted.

A 119 Year Old Portrait of Evelyn Nesbit.

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So say America’s first ‘supermodel’. Evelyn was the subject for creating stained glass windows in churches throughout her home state of Philadelphia.

A 151 Year Old Portrait Of Francis Brownell.

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The earliest recipient of the Medal of Honor awarded during the American Civil War.

Scream!

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Actress Janet Leigh’s scream scene from the movie ‘Psycho’.

A 128 Year Old Portrait Of Louise Beaudet.

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The silent film actress, vocalist and renowned dancer, seen here in 1891.

President Abraham Lincoln.

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Photographer Alexander Gardener took this photograph of the President in November 1863.

Sioux – Iron White Man.

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Iron White Man photographed in the year 1900 by Gertrude Kasebier.

Wyatt Earp.

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Here’s the legendary lawman when he was only 21.

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