I don't like it - it's a fake.
If viewers haven't the imagination to see what the original photographs represent then they're not going to understand the deeper meanings of anything. It's typical of the current "selfie age" to think that truth lies in coloured pictures of smiling people.
The otherwise excellent BBC series The World at War had annoying fake sound effects added to old grainy film. Every bombardment had the same noise of guns going off, every passing cart had the same creaking of the wheels and the noise of the horses' hooves.
Restoration should be exactly that - not the addition of imaginary details supplied by the restorer.
Just my view :)
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