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In the beginning, colorizing was done to a partially bleached B&W print which allowed color to show through dark suits, shadows, etc, but that gives them that very flat look. The very early ones also repeated the colorizing for 2-3 frames to save costs. Look closely and you will see movement under the stationary color.
I have heard of a Three Stooges release that was done digitally (I'll call the bleach method analog) and is supposed to look spectacular. Even to the point of the digital studio finding some of the old props (an old yellow stove in particular) to get some reference for colors.
I would be curious to see it...and I am a television director who has not lost sleep over this. Just grab that color control.
Dave A
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