Research in Colorization Part II, Colorized Winston Churchill as a Cornet in the 4th Queen's Hussar's Cavalry, 1895

I came across a relatively large file of a  vintage portrait of a 21-year old Winston Churchill after graduating from the Royal Military Academy and getting commissioned as a Cornet (2nd Lieutenant) in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars.  I thought it was a good material for colorization which I did with the help of online materials on the Hussar's uniform used at that time.  There were some earlier colorization work on this but it turned out their colors were less than authentic.

The uniform seemed a standard one for European cavalry and was/is used by royalty as well, with several color iterations.  Depending on the decade, the Hussar uniform can be dark red, blue, light blue, or black, based on what my PC screen showed.  I started with dark red and light blue pants but was confronted with the real Hussar's uniform owned by Churchill as currently exhibited in a British history museum. I had to change the color to dark blue with red collar and sleeve edge.

The full body standing version was subsequently colorized using information from the seated version. I had thought it would be easier this time but adapting the vest at a slightly different angle was just as tedious.  Some research was also done about the saber which was LOST against the black pants.  Even if you lighten the pants in Photoshop, only a dark outline of the saber showed.