repeat_channel.py

# solution 1
print(grayscale_batch.shape)  # (64, 224, 224)
rgb_batch = np.repeat(grayscale_batch[..., np.newaxis], 3, -1)
print(rgb_batch.shape)  # (64, 224, 224, 3)

# solution 2
img_input = tf.keras.layers.Input(shape=(img_size_target, img_size_target,1))
img_conc = tf.keras.layers.Concatenate()([img_input, img_input, img_input])    

model = ResNet50(include_top=True, weights='imagenet', input_tensor=img_conc)

# solution 3
dummy_RGB_images = np.ndarray(shape=(train_gray_images.shape[0], train_gray_images.shape[1], train_gray_images.shape[2], 3), dtype= np.uint8) 
dummy_RGB_images[:, :, :, 0] = train_gray_images[:, :, :, 0]
dummy_RGB_images[:, :, :, 1] = train_gray_images[:, :, :, 0]
dummy_RGB_images[:, :, :, 2] = train_gray_images[:, :, :, 0]