Colorize a black and white photo

Drop a black and white photograph in and get it back in colour — skin, cloth, wood and sky given the shades they would have had, and nothing else about the picture touched.

After
Before
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Colour added to a black and white photo. Nothing else about the picture was changed.

Drop your images here

One file, up to 20 MB

Files are processed in memory and never stored. Nothing is kept once the result has been sent back.

Common questions

Are the colours the real ones?
They are plausible, not documented. The model knows what skin, grass, brick and a 1950s coat usually look like, and that is what it puts back. Where the true colour matters — a uniform, a flag, a particular dress — treat the result as a starting point.
Does it change anything else?
It is asked for colour and nothing else: the framing, the grain and the detail stay as they were. If the print is also damaged, run it through the restoration tool first and colour the result.
How many photos a day?
Three without an account. A free account lifts the limit and each photo costs one credit.
What about a sepia photograph?
That works as well as a grey one. Sepia is a single tone over the same grey values, and the model reads through it.

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