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Same haircut · any colour

AI Hair Color Changer

Upload a photo and try a new hair colour before you dye — platinum, pastel pink, copper, jet black, silver or an ombre. Your haircut, face and background stay the same.

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  • Seedream 5.0 Pro edit
  • Same woman with pastel pink hair
  • Same woman with platinum blonde hair
  • Same woman with copper red hair
  • Same woman with blue-teal ombre hair
  • Keeps your haircut
  • Ombre and pastels
  • Free credits
  • No watermark

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Quick answer

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What is an AI hair color changer?

An AI hair color changer recolours the hair in your own photo while keeping the haircut, face and background. Name the shade — platinum blonde, pastel pink, copper red or an ombre — and add “same haircut”. Kenerate AI uses Seedream 5.0 Pro, which handled six colours in our tests. It suits anyone previewing a new colour before booking a colourist.

Key facts

Colours tested
6
Includes
Ombre · pastels · silver
Haircut kept
Yes, in our tests
Best results
Seedream 5.0 Pro
Free plan
Flux 2 Dev
Free start
Starter credits
Watermark
None

Same prompt

Before and after

The original brown hair, then three colours from one-sentence prompts. The cut, face and background didn't change.

PromptChange her hair colour to pastel pink, same haircut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.

  • Original: Change her hair colour to pastel pink, same haircut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.OriginalNatural brown
  • Platinum blonde: Change her hair colour to pastel pink, same haircut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.Platinum blondeSeedream 5.0 Pro · 2K
  • Pastel pink: Change her hair colour to pastel pink, same haircut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.Pastel pinkSeedream 5.0 Pro · 2K
  • Copper red: Change her hair colour to pastel pink, same haircut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.Copper redSeedream 5.0 Pro · 2K

How to

How to use the AI hair color changer

Time needed
Steps
4 steps
  1. Step 1

    Upload your photo

    In /app/image, add a clear photo in good light. Sign in free for starter credits.

  2. Step 2

    Pick Seedream 5.0 Pro

    Flux 2 Dev is the free-plan option.

  3. Step 3

    Name the colour

    “Change my hair to copper red, same haircut. Keep my face and background the same.”

  4. Step 4

    Compare and download

    Try a few shades and download without a watermark.

Kenerate AI Image Studio with a text prompt typed into the prompt box

Open Image Studio and type what you want to see — subject, style, lighting and mood.

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Prompts, styles, references, edit, Arena & chat

Chapters

Tips

Get a realistic colour preview

What worked in our tests.

  • Say “same haircut” so only the colour changes.

  • Be specific: “ash blonde”, “rose gold”, “copper red”, not just “blonde”.

  • For ombre or balayage, say where it starts: “dark roots fading to teal”.

  • Use a photo in natural light — colour previews look truest there.

  • Try the same colour on a few photos before you dye.

  • Want a new cut too? Use the hairstyle changer.

Models

Models for hair colour edits

What each model is good at. Open any one straight in the generator.

  • Seedream 5.0 Pro title card — a gallery-worthy photoreal portrait of a fictional adult woman with freckles in golden-hour light

    ByteDance

    Seedream 5.0 Pro

    Reference images
    Up to 10
    Output
    2K

    Best for

    Kept cut and face in our tests

    Open Seedream 5.0 Pro
  • Nano Banana 2 title card — many reference images

    Google

    Nano Banana 2

    Reference images
    Up to 14
    Output
    1K (square today)

    Best for

    Good edits; square for now

    Open Nano Banana 2
  • Flux 2 Dev title card — a photoreal rainy neon city street at dusk
    Free plan

    Black Forest Labs

    Flux 2 Dev

    Reference images
    Up to 3
    Output
    2048 px

    Best for

    Free plan

    Open Flux 2 Dev

Example uses

How creators use AI hair color changer

Illustrative examples of typical workflows, not customer reviews.

  • Tablet with a hair colour preview beside swatches and a dye bowl

    Hair colourist

    A colourist could show a client a preview of a new colour as a reference before dyeing.

  • Laptop with six hair colour versions of one portrait

    Content creator

    A creator could try several bold colours on the same photo for a makeover video.

  • Unlabelled hair dye bottles and swatches on a counter

    Hair dye brand

    A hair dye brand could preview shades like copper or ash blonde on one model photo.

FAQ

AI Hair Color Changer questions

How can I see what I'd look like with a different hair colour?

Upload a clear photo, name the colour and add “same haircut, keep my face and background the same”. Seedream 5.0 Pro did this reliably across six colours in our tests, from pastel pink to jet black. Be specific — “ash blonde” or “copper red” rather than “blonde” — and use a photo in natural light, where previews look truest.

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Is the AI hair color changer free?

Yes, to start. A new Kenerate account gets free starter credits on sign-up, which work on free-plan models such as Flux 2 Dev. Seedream 5.0 Pro, which gave the best results in our tests, needs a one-time credit pack rather than a subscription, and credits you buy never expire. It runs online in your browser, and previews download with no watermark.

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Can it do ombre or balayage?

Yes. Describe the gradient and where it starts — “dark roots fading to blue and teal”, as in the ombre example on this page. Seedream 5.0 Pro kept the haircut and face the same in that edit. Add “same haircut” so only the colour changes, and show the preview to your colourist as a reference before you dye.

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Will the haircut change?

No, not if you say “same haircut” — none of our six Seedream 5.0 Pro colour edits changed the cut. Instruction-based editors repaint only what you name, so the hair's shape and texture stay while the colour changes, including highlights and shine. If you want a new cut as well, use the AI hairstyle changer.

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Can I preview going blonde before I bleach?

Yes. The platinum blonde example on this page is a Seedream 5.0 Pro edit of a brown-haired portrait, with the same haircut and face. Name the exact shade — “ash blonde”, “honey blonde”, “platinum” — and add “same haircut”. A preview can't show what bleaching does to your hair, so take it to your colourist: big jumps from dark brown to platinum usually need bleaching, and they'll tell you what's realistic.

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Can I use someone else's photo?

Only with their permission. Recolouring another person's hair still edits their likeness, so ask first and share the result only with their consent. The easiest option is your own clear photo in natural light, which also gives the truest colour preview. Prompts involving minors are always blocked.

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In depth

AI Hair Color Changer, explained

What works, what to avoid, and how to pick a model.

How AI hair recolouring works

Instruction-based editors repaint only what you name. Asking for a new colour and “same haircut” keeps the hair's shape and texture while changing its colour, including highlights and shine.

This page changes colour only. To try a different length, cut or updo on the same photo, use the AI hairstyle changer instead — it keeps your face and changes the hair's shape.

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We build and run the Kenerate generator. Every example is a real output of the model named under it; models and presets were checked against the app's code.

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