Convert Black and White Photo to Color

Use Fotor's AI photo colorizer to turn a black and white photo to color online in seconds. Add realistic colors to photos and make your black and white photo come alive.

🛡️Secure ✅Natural Effect ✨HD Results

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Photo restoration and colorization original image featuring a woman with pearl necklace
Photo restoration and colorization result featuring a woman with pearl necklace

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3Secs
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Satisfaction Rate
4.7
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Colorize photo in a natural realistic way with Fotor black and white to colour photo converter

Convert Black and White Photo to Color Naturally

Make black and white photos come to life with vivid, lifelike colors. Our AI photo colorization model has been trained on millions of photographs. It intelligently analyzes the context of your image to predict the ideal colors and generate hues and shades to match the scene. Try it out to rediscover the vibrant colors hidden in your black and white photos.

Unlock Creative Useage of Black and White to Color Converter

Turn an old bw photo of a family portrait into lifelike colors

Revive Family Memories

Colorize old family photos like grandparents' wedding pictures or childhood snapshots, helping younger generations connect with their family's past.

Convert a black and white historical photo into color

Reimagine the Past

Bring black-and-white historical photos, such as wartime images or early city life into color. This helps make archival visuals more vivid and accessible for education or storytelling.

Convert a sepia photo of a historical building with yellow and brownish tones into vivid lifelike colors

Restore Historical Buildings

Add color to archival photos of historic buildings to visualize their original looks. Useful for research, restoration references, or museums' displays.

Convert sketch to colorized image

Colorize Sketches and Illustrations

Turn black-and-white sketches, children's drawings, or coloring book pages into colored images. It perfect for educators, parents, or creators looking to enhance visual materials.

Add color to old film featuring a hugging couple

Colorize Classic Film Stills

Convert black-and-white movie stills into color for creative projects or retrospectivest. It offers a fresh perspective on classic cinema without altering the original composition.

Refresh old and BW portrait featuring an old woman

Refresh Old Portraits

Add natural color to old portraits of family members or historical figures. Restore facial detail and natural tones in vintage studio portraits and personal keepsake photos.

Auto repair and colorize old photos featuring a family

Auto Repair and Colorize Photos with AI

Our AI photo colorizer does not just add colors to black and white photos. It also repairs and enhances photos. It efficiently fixes imperfections like scratches, spots, dust, and stains. At the same time, it can unblur images and improve your photo quality to make them look flawless. You can convert black and white photos to color, enhancing their details and clarity.

How to Add Color to a Black and White Photo

Step 1 upload a black and white photo to Fotor

1. Upload a Photo

Upload your black and white photo to our free online photo colorizer.

Step 2 automatically analyze and add realistic colors to colorize the black and white photo with AI

2. Colorize Photo

Choose the colorization mode, standard or advanced. Then press "Start," and the AI will analyze and add colors to your photo.

Download your colorized image in PNG or JPG format

3. Download Colorized Image

Download the colorized photo in PNG or JPG format, or further customize the colors.

Fotor mobile app to change black and white photos to color on the go

Mobile App to Colorize Black and White Photos on the Go

Turn a faded, grayscale, or black and white photo into a color image at your fingertips. The Fotor app is accessible for everyone. With an intuitive interface, it's for both beginners and professionals. Just upload your photo, and watch as our advanced AI turns black and white pictures into color.

Why Choose Our AI Black and White to Color Converter?

  • Easy photo colorization

    Easy Photo Colorization

    With an intuitive interface, Fotor lets you colorize photos within three steps. No Photoshop skills are needed to convert black and white photos to color.

  • Realistic AI action simulation

    Realistic AI Color Simulation

    Powered by advanced AI technology, we add stunningly natural, lifelike colors to photos that preserve the original essence.

  • Auto image quality improvement

    Auto Image Quality Improvement

    Automatically colorize B&W photos while improving overall quality and clarity. Remove blurriness, scratches, and stains to restore old pictures with no hassle.

  • Multiple formats support

    Multiple Formats Support

    Our image colorizer supports a variety of image formats, including PNG, JPG, JPEG, WebP, and more. Fulfill all your image colorization needs.

  • Black and white to color app

    Work on Any Device

    Fill color in black and white photos anywhere with our app. Our app is compatible with both iOS and Android devices.

  • Secure and private

    Secure and Private

    Uploaded images are processed with advanced encryption. We will not share your content with any third party.

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