Upload a black and white photo and get natural colour back — skin tones, clothes, cars, sky — while repairing scratches and fading. Faces and details stay the same.
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Kenerate colorizes black and white photos with AI: upload the photo and ask for natural colours — the model adds realistic skin tones, clothing and scenery colours and can repair scratches, creases and fading in the same step, keeping every face the same. Seedream 5.0 Pro (2K output, up to 10 reference images) gave the most natural results in our tests on four old photos. A free account gets 25 free credits.
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Real Seedream 5.0 Pro colorizations of old-style photos we generated (the people are fictional).
Same prompt
Two originals and their colorized, repaired versions.
Colorize this old photo naturally and repair the scratches and fading: realistic skin tones, keep every face and detail the same.
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What worked in our tests.
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Image models have learned what colours objects usually have — skin, sky, grass, fabrics. When you ask for colour, the model repaints the grayscale image with plausible tones while keeping the shapes, which is why it's important to ask it to keep faces the same.
Always keep the original scan. Treat the colour version as an interpretation, especially for family history.
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Upload it, ask for natural colours and to keep every face the same. Name any colours you know — a blue dress, a red car — for more accurate results.
A new account gets 25 free credits on sign-up, and Flux 2 Dev is on the free plan. Seedream 5.0 Pro, which gave the most natural results, needs a credit pack.
They're a realistic guess based on the scene. If you know the real colours, put them in the prompt.
Yes — ask for colour and repairs in one prompt, as in the examples.
See our guide to restoring old photos for scanning, repair and printing tips.
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