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Black & White to Color

Add plausible, restrained color to a black-and-white photograph while retaining its people, clothing and original sense of light.

  • The vintage portrait restored with scratches and paper damage removed, preserving its black-and-white tones.

Bring your own

  • Your black-and-white image

Make it work with your image

Match the source shape and keep its original edges. Colorization should not require inventing missing parts of the photograph.

  • If you know a garment, car or building's real color, include it in your direction. Grayscale alone cannot reveal the original hue.

  • Use the clearest scan available. For badly scratched photographs, restore a version first, then compare it with the original before adding color.

Limitations

Generated colors are plausible guesses unless you provide reliable references in words. Do not treat them as historical evidence; small face details may also shift.

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