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A colorized street portrait of a blonde woman in a dark green coat and muted red scarf under warm night lights.A colorized seaside portrait of a man in a pale blue shirt leaning against a wooden railing above blue-green water.A colorized portrait of a silver-haired man in a dark green sweater seated beside a wooden workshop bench.A colorized kitchen portrait of a smiling woman in glasses and a green sweater sitting beside a mug.A colorized garden portrait of a smiling woman with dark curls wearing an ivory shirt and blue jeans.

Black-and-white photo colorization

Bring natural color back to your old black-and-white photos while repairing fading, scratches, tears, and missing detail.

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  • Upload your photo

    Upload the original black-and-white photo as your reference for colorization and repair.

  • Describe color and context

    Describe era, clothing, skin tones, lighting, and desired grain or patina for natural color.

  • Preserve authentic look

    Ask to keep original people, expressions, composition, and photographic character while reviewing results.

Photo restoration

Bring old photos back to life

Colorize and repair your faded, scratched, or torn black-and-white photos while keeping the original people, composition, and the era's photographic character intact.

A colorized street portrait of a blonde woman in a dark green coat and muted red scarf under warm night lights.
Source 1 for Black-and-white photo colorization: subject a.
A colorized portrait of a silver-haired man in a dark green sweater seated beside a wooden workshop bench.
Source 1 for Black-and-white photo colorization: subject b.
A colorized garden portrait of a smiling woman with dark curls wearing an ivory shirt and blue jeans.
Source 1 for Black-and-white photo colorization: subject c.

Get started

Upload one source photo, describe the change you want, then review the result.

Step 1

Upload your photo

Upload the clearest black-and-white photo available. This example starts with a contemporary street snapshot.

Step 2

Describe the colors to use

Specify natural skin tones, blonde hair, a dark green coat and a muted red scarf, while preserving the face, lighting and framing.

Step 3: Review the colorized photo. A colorized street portrait of a blonde woman in a dark green coat and muted red scarf under warm night lights.

Step 3

Review the colorized photo

Check that color was added naturally without changing facial features, expression, clothing details or the scene.