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AI Photo Coloriser

Bring an old black and white photo back to life. Upload it and a real AI model works out sensible colours for the sky, skin, grass and everything else in it, then paints them back in, all inside your own browser.

AI For Your Life artwork promoting the AI Photo Coloriser tool, showing a black and white photo being turned into colour

A genuine AI colourisation, not a filter

This uses a real, free AI colourisation model, not a simple brightness tint. It looks at each part of your photo, the sky, skin, grass and more, and works out realistic colours for it before painting them back in. Everything happens on your own device, so your photo is never uploaded anywhere. Worth knowing: more advanced (and more expensive) professional colourisation services do exist, sometimes with a person touching up the result by hand. This free version will not always be perfect, but for many people it is more than enough to bring an old photo, and the people and places in it, to life in a way they may never have seen before. The first time you use it your browser downloads the AI model itself (around 75MB), so it can take a little while to get going. After that, it is quick.

Want to do more with old photos, like bringing scattered family members together in one picture, or creating brand new images from a description? Read Kevin's guides: Fix old photos, bring everyone together, make memories and Create your own pictures with AI.

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"I wanted to show people what AI can really do with an old family photo, not just add a tint, but actually work out the colours for themselves. It is completely free to use and everything stays on your own device."

— Kevin, on why this tool is on the site

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