Converting black and white video to color

Oops. Using my photo cam this weekend I shot some of my videos in B&W. They appear to be the same size as the color videos of similar lengths so I am hoping the color information is saved somewhere in the frames. Having said that, is there a way to convert the video from its originally shot b&w into color?
Thanks

Nope.

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