diff --git a/source/py_tutorials/py_gui/py_image_display/load_image.py b/source/py_tutorials/py_gui/py_image_display/load_image.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import numpy as np
+import cv2
+
+# Load an color image in grayscale
+img = cv2.imread('../../../../data/messi5.jpg', cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
+
+cv2.imshow('image',img)
+cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+
diff --git a/source/py_tutorials/py_gui/py_image_display/matplotlib_image.py b/source/py_tutorials/py_gui/py_image_display/matplotlib_image.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import numpy as np
+import cv2
+from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
+
+img = cv2.imread('../../../../data/messi5.jpg',0)
+plt.imshow(img, cmap = 'gray', interpolation = 'bicubic')
+plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])  # to hide tick values on X and Y axis
+plt.show()