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Grey Hair Filter

Thinking of going grey, or just curious? Upload your own photo and preview silver, salt-and-pepper or snow-white hair. Your haircut, face and background stay the same.

Looping split-screen of the same man with brown and salt-and-pepper hair
  • Keeps your haircut
  • Silver to salt-and-pepper
  • Free to start
  • No watermark

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Quick answer

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What is a grey hair filter?

A grey hair filter recolours the hair in your own photo to silver, salt-and-pepper or white while the haircut, face and background stay the same. Kenerate AI opens its image editor with the grey hair instruction filled in; you add a clear photo. The silver example on this page is a real Seedream 5.0 Pro edit of a fictional portrait.

Key facts

Works on
Your own photo
Shades
Silver · salt-and-pepper · white
What changes
Hair colour only
Default model
Qwen Image 3.0
Example below
Seedream 5.0 Pro edit
Free start
Starter credits
Watermark
None

Gallery

Grey hair examples

Fictional adults made with Kenerate AI to show the look.

Same prompt

Before and after

The original brown hair and a real Seedream 5.0 Pro edit to silver grey. The haircut, smile and background didn't change.

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

  • Original: Change her hair colour to silver grey, same haircut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.OriginalNatural brown
  • Silver grey: Change her hair colour to silver grey, same haircut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.Silver greySeedream 5.0 Pro · 2K

How to

How to use the grey hair filter

Time needed
Steps
4 steps

  1. Step 1

    Open the grey hair filter

    Press “Add your photo”. The image studio opens with the grey hair instruction in the prompt box. Sign in free for starter credits.

  2. Step 2

    Upload your photo

    Add a clear photo of yourself in natural light, with your hair visible.

  3. Step 3

    Pick the shade and create

    Keep Qwen Image 3.0 (free plan) or pick Seedream 5.0 Pro, change “silver grey” to another shade if you like, then press Create.

  4. Step 4

    Compare and download

    Try silver, salt-and-pepper and white and download without a watermark.

1Upload the photo to edit2Describe the change3Paint an area (optional)4Click Generate5Compare and download
Kenerate AI Edit Studio canvas with a green blazer photo loaded and the Upload button

Open Edit Studio and upload an image, or pick one from your history.

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Tips

Get a realistic grey preview

What makes grey hair look natural.

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

  • Pick the shade: “silver grey”, “salt-and-pepper”, “snow white”, “grey streaks at the temples”.

  • For a gradual look, ask for “grey roots growing out”.

  • Natural light shows grey tones most truthfully.

  • Add “keep my eyebrows the same colour” unless you want them grey too.

  • Want another colour? Use the AI hair color changer.

Models

Models for grey hair edits

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

  • Qwen Image 3.0 title card — neatly written on a café blackboard menu board in a sunlit café
    Free plan

    Alibaba

    Qwen Image 3.0

    Reference images
    Up to 3
    Output
    1K or 2K

    Default here · free plan

    Open Qwen Image 3.0
  • 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

    Used for the example on this page

    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)

    Good edits; square for now

    Open Nano Banana 2

Example uses

How creators use grey hair filter

Illustrative examples of typical workflows, not customer reviews.

  • Toner bowl and foils beside a tablet with a grey hair preview

    Hair colourist

    A colourist could show a client what blending in their natural grey would look like before a toning appointment.

  • Laptop with three hair shades of one portrait

    Content creator

    A creator could share a preview before starting a grey transition series.

  • Unlabelled purple shampoo bottles and silver swatches

    Hair care brand

    A hair care brand could preview silver shades on one consenting model's photo for a purple shampoo campaign.

FAQ

Grey Hair Filter questions

How can I see myself with grey hair?

Upload a clear photo of yourself to the grey hair filter and press Create. Kenerate AI opens the image editor with the instruction already written: natural silver grey, same haircut, same face and background. Swap “silver grey” for “salt-and-pepper” or “snow white” before you press Create, and use a photo in natural light, where grey tones look truest.

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Is the grey hair filter free?

Yes, to start. A new Kenerate account gets free starter credits, which work on free-plan models such as Qwen Image 3.0, the default here. Seedream 5.0 Pro, used for the example on this page, needs a one-time credit pack rather than a subscription, and credits you buy never expire. Results download without a watermark.

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Can it do salt-and-pepper or just a few grey streaks?

Yes. Change the prompt before you press Create: “salt-and-pepper hair”, “grey streaks at the temples”, “a silver streak at the front” or “grey roots growing out”. Keep “same haircut” and the line about your face and background. Each run edits your original photo, so you can compare a full silver head with a softer blend.

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Does the grey hair filter make me look older?

Not on its own. The preset changes only the hair colour and asks the model to keep your face, skin and expression exactly the same, so it adds no wrinkles. In the Seedream 5.0 Pro example on this page only the hair colour changed. If a run alters your skin, run it again or add “do not change my skin or face”.

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Can I use someone else's photo?

Only with their permission. A grey hair preview still edits a real person's likeness, so use your own photo or one the person has agreed to, and share the result only with their consent. Never upload a photo of anyone under 18; the filter is for adults editing their own pictures. Kenerate's content rules apply to every edit.

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In depth

Grey Hair Filter, explained

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

How the grey hair filter works

The grey hair filter is an instruction edit. Your photo and one sentence go to an image model's edit endpoint; the model recolours the strands and keeps their highlights, shine and texture, so silver hair keeps the shape and movement of your own.

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