I came across this low-res, black-and-white photo of Marilyn Monroe and couldn't help but wonder what it would look like colorized.

I was able to find a few color photos of Marilyn Monroe and used those as references to ensure my colors not only looked natural but were an accurate representation of what Marilyn actually looked like.

After using a series of Photoshop tools to repair and sharpen the image, I used several layer masks to achieve my desired colors.

My colorization process:

The final result:

Side-by-side for comparison:

**No AI was used for this project except the Photoshop neural filters, which were used to assist in enhancement of the image quality.**