Color Photos and Fading

Did you know that many dyes used in color photos as recently as 20 to 30 years ago were relatively unstable, and that color photography became mainstream about 50 years ago?

If you have some older color photos, such as the early '60s photo above, you will often notice that some are more faded than others, even when of the same era.

Depending upon the materials used to create the prints, many earlier color prints are quite likely to at least begin to show noticeable fading, even when they have been properly stored.

Therefore, if you want to preserve these color print images as best you can before more visible fading, you might want to consider scanning them. For a discussion of scanning considerations and options, see the Scanning section at LocalArchiver.com.