Black and White Photo Colorization
Add restrained, era-appropriate color to an uploaded black-and-white photograph without changing the people or scene.
Naturally colorize the uploaded black-and-white old photo from [photo era: the original historical period]. - Use [skin tone guidance: realistic skin tones appropriate to the people in the photo]. - Give clothing, furniture, architecture, and the environment soft, believable colors appropriate to the era. - Remove scratches, dust, noise, and minor fading while retaining authentic film grain. - Avoid neon colors, modern color grading, excessive saturation, and artificial skin. Keep every face, age, expression, hairstyle, pose, and the original composition exactly the same. Do not beautify, swap faces, or invent details that cannot be reasonably inferred from the photograph.
- Model
- GPT-Image-2
- Aspect ratio
- auto
- Resolution
- 2K
- Best for
- Old photo restoration and colorization
How this prompt is composed — each chip is one phrase. Mix, swap, or remove chips to make the look your own.
- Naturally colorize the uploaded black-and-white old photo from [photo era: the original historical period]. - Use [skin tone guidance: realistic skin tones appropriate to the people in the photo]. - Give clothing
- furniture
- architecture
- and the environment soft
- believable colors appropriate to the era. - Remove scratches
- dust
- noise
- and minor fading while retaining authentic film grain. - Avoid neon colors
- modern color grading
- excessive saturation
- and artificial skin. Keep every face
- age
One click to remix this prompt with a different look or aspect ratio.
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Frequently asked questions
Which AI model is used?
All templates on this page are designed for and tested with GPT-Image-2. You can copy the prompt and run it elsewhere, but quality and text rendering may vary on other models.
How does the Remix button work?
Clicking Remix opens our generator with the prompt, aspect ratio, and resolution prefilled. You can edit any part of the prompt, swap the size, or rerun the generation as many times as you like.
Why does my generation look different from the preview?
Every run is a fresh generation — variations in composition, lighting, and detail are expected. To stay closer to the preview, keep the prompt verbatim, lock the same aspect ratio, and run a few seeds.
Can I tweak the prompt?
Absolutely — that's the point. Use the Prompt structure card below to see how the prompt is composed, then add, remove, or swap phrases to dial in your own look.