why cant i put color on a black and white picture in paint?

Question

i own a craft myspace with my cousin, and when i want to add, say, pink to a black and white picture i found on google or photobucket, the square on the end of the paint brush could be pink, but it colors in gray.
sometimes it does this, and sometimes it lets me color on them.
does anyone know how i can color on the ones that wont let me?is there a special setting that i have to put on that picture?
thanks in advance!!!

i dont not use pictures that i am not allowed to use.
i always ask before i do anything with them, and even before i save them to my computer.

Answer 1

I hope you're considering the owned copyrights when you alter other people's photographs and images and are asking permission to do so. Some photographic images from some web sites have built-in encrypted devices that won't let you copy or alter the image. Unless you're really computer savvy you won't be able to disable the encryption.

But there are several ways to 'color' a monochrome file. The easy way is to copy and paste it to some simple photo-art program like Microsoft Paint. When you copy and save it you can change the file extension to either a .bmp or .jpeg file. If the image you're altering is a .jpeg file then you simply save it as a .bmp file. Then you can copy the altered and colored photograph or image back to your MySpace. If it already is a .bmp file or a .gif file you can alter it without changing the extension.

Answer 2

Yes you can! Open the picture. Go up to Image. Scroll down to Attributes. See the box labeled Colors? Click colors, then save, close the picture and re-open it. You will now be able to add any color you wish and continue to keep the black and white aspects if you so wish.

Answer 3

The file has been saved as monochrome, so the palatte of colours available within it are all greyscale. You'll have to convert the file to a colour format before you can use colour on it - I'm afraid I don't know how you do that in Paint.

Answer 4

Chyeah Savanha. Just copy it into paint from IE and then color it.

You might check out sxc.hu for pictures that you _know_ you can play with.

--Tailor

Answer 5

Probaly the way could be to shoot your undertaking against a chroma key historic past and then p.c.. the historic past you want, convert it to black and white and insert it into the chroma key historic past