Colourise black-and-white photos with AI
See your great-grandparents in colour for the first time. Our AI applies historically-accurate, naturally-blended colour to portraits, weddings, and group photos in seconds.
Comprehensive Restoration · 20 credits ($2.00) per photo
How it works
From upload to download in three simple steps.
1. Upload
Upload a JPG, PNG or WebP up to 10 MB. The clearer the original scan, the better the result.
2. AI processes
Our AI analyses your photo and applies the appropriate model. Most jobs finish in under a minute.
3. Download
Compare before / after, then download the high-resolution result. Your originals are never used to train AI models.
See the difference
Drag the slider to wipe between original and result.
Black-and-white → full natural colour
AI colourisation that looks natural — not painted
Early colourisation tools produced cartoonish, oversaturated results — pink-orange skin, neon clothes, garish skies. Modern AI colourisation is different. It analyses lighting, era, fabric texture, and surrounding context to choose colours that would have actually existed in that moment. Skin tones blend across faces. Clothing matches the period. Skies, grass, and timber take on the soft, slightly desaturated palette typical of mid-twentieth-century daylight.
The result feels less like a colour-by-numbers and more like a memory you forgot you had.
Best photos to colourise
Colourisation works best on photographs with strong contrast and clear subjects: studio portraits, wedding photos, military photos, family group shots, formal occasions. Outdoor and candid shots also work, though colour choices for foliage and skies will be more interpretive.
For maximum accuracy, scan the original at 600 DPI or higher. The more detail in the input, the more confident the AI is in its colour decisions.
Restoration + colourisation in one step
Our Comprehensive Restoration combines damage repair and colourisation in a single pass. So instead of a faded, scratched, sepia portrait, you get back a clean, vibrant, full-colour photo ready to print and frame. No retouching needed afterwards.
Frequently asked questions
Complete the project
Restoration is usually step one. Here’s what most people do next.