# Some pictures just don't work well in a black & white newspaper

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-pictures-just-dont-work-well-in-a-black-white-newspaper/465924>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 30, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-pictures-just-dont-work-well-in-a-black-white-newspaper/465924 "2008-09-30T21:32:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-pictures-just-dont-work-well-in-a-black-white-newspaper/465924/1 "2008-09-30T21:32:57Z")

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(aka the editor must be aware of this):

[This story](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iD0FeoHXptDL5erD-u8kRp9QEhkQD93GN7GG3) from the AP ran in the local paper here.

The headline that ran with it : **‘Starving’ Milwaukee finally gets its fill**

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-pictures-just-dont-work-well-in-a-black-white-newspaper/465924/2 "2008-09-30T21:35:37Z")

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Is that Prince “Bukkake” Fielder?

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-pictures-just-dont-work-well-in-a-black-white-newspaper/465924/3 "2008-09-30T21:54:36Z")

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Oh, that is so fucking wrong…

:o

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-pictures-just-dont-work-well-in-a-black-white-newspaper/465924/4 "2008-09-30T21:56:50Z")

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I don’t see what difference colour is going to make. The ‘stuff’ still looks like ‘stuff’ in colour.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-pictures-just-dont-work-well-in-a-black-white-newspaper/465924/5 "2008-09-30T22:00:53Z")

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> [@EJsGirl](#):
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> :o

🙂

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-pictures-just-dont-work-well-in-a-black-white-newspaper/465924/6 "2008-09-30T22:17:24Z")

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You’re right. Looking at it in color doesn’t help much.

But one of the things about the paper’s photo is the lower contrast; the bottle at the top is harder to make out. And in the color one you can barely make out a bubbly texture and his top teeth - in B&W it all looks much worse.