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See it in colour

See them in colour, with their faces unchanged

One tap on a restored black-and-white photo. The colours come from an AI model; the structure, the skin and every face come from your scan, and each face is checked against the original before you see it. The faithful version stays beside the colour one.

Colours added by AIFaces from your photo
Same photo with natural color applied by AIAfter
1940 black and white family photographBefore

Drag to compare the Source with the colorized result

How It Works

Check, color, save with context

1

Restore first

Colour goes on the faithful result, not on scratches or fading. The photo check and the repair come first.

2

Tap See it in colour

The colours are a guess by an AI model, disclosed as one on every result. The people are from your photo: no face is redrawn, and each one is checked against the original scan.

3

Keep both

The Source, the faithful restoration and the colour version stay as separate versions, with the names, notes and sharing history on the photo.

Details

What colorization handles

Restrained Skin Tones

The color pass aims for subtle, plausible skin tones while the preserved black-and-white version remains the archival reference.

Clothing & Fabric

Visible fabric, lighting, and scene context guide plausible color suggestions without claiming the exact original dye or shade.

Scene-Aware Lighting

Visible indoor, outdoor, flash, and daylight cues help the model keep one coherent palette across the scene.

Plausible, Not Proven

AI color is an interpretation, not a recovered historical fact. Save it as an optional companion beside the original photo.

Archive outcome

This step belongs to the family archive

After the tool runs, Source versions, Restoration results, the photo check, captions, people, notes, and private shares stay together in Archive. The result is not a loose download; it becomes one more version in the archive.

Try color after a careful repair

Upload a black-and-white photo, run the restoration first, and save any color result beside the original photo.

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