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Overlay to Change Line Colors
This is one of the quickest and easiest ways to colorize any of the copyright free black and white images that can found on ReusableArt.com. This technique will only work on black and white images.
This picture of a mama duck and her ducklings originally was just a black and white line drawing. By using an overlay brush and some color, we have what you see below. Artist: unknown Image Appears In: The Nursery, A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Vol XVIII - October 1875 Date Image Published: 1875 Check out ourAbout Us page for more information on Copyright Durations. This image is copyright free and in the public domain anywhere that extends copyrights 70 years after death or at least 120 years after publication when the original illustrator is unknown. 
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