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AI colorizer for black-and-white photos, with filter presets and text descriptions to steer the colors.
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AI Ease Photo Colorizer
A one-click AI tool that adds color to black-and-white photos, with phone apps and batch colorizing.
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Overview
AI Ease Photo Colorizer adds color to black-and-white photos automatically. The AI picks realistic colors for skin, sky, clothing and background, and there are no manual color controls to override it. It handles faded grayscale prints as well as clean scans. You can send a batch of photos through at once rather than one at a time.
It runs in a web browser, and AIEase also publishes iOS and Android apps that colorize. A free account comes with credits that refresh daily. Heavier use is a subscription or pay-as-you-go credits.
Key features
✓Colorizes black-and-white photos in one click
✓AI chooses realistic colors automatically
✓Colorizes a batch of photos at once
✓Works on old and faded grayscale photos
✓iOS and Android apps as well as web
✓Free credits that refresh daily
✓Part of AIEase's set of AI photo tools
When to use
Use AI Ease Photo Colorizer if:
- You have a grayscale family or historical photo and want it in color in one click, with no color choices to make.
- You have a stack of old photos, since it colorizes a batch in one go instead of one at a time.
- You want to do it on a phone, because AIEase publishes iOS and Android apps as well as the website.
- You want to try before paying, as a free account comes with credits that refresh every day.
When NOT to use
Skip AI Ease Photo Colorizer if any of these describe you:
- You need exact, specific colors, like the true color of a uniform or a flag. The AI guesses plausible colors and cannot be told precise ones. Hand-painting in Adobe Photoshop gives that control.
- You want to fine-tune the coloring afterwards. This tool has no manual color controls, so you accept the pass it returns.
- Your photo is also scratched, torn or faded. This only adds color, so use a photo restoration tool to repair it first.
- You want to compare several colorizers. Browse the photo colorizers category.
Frequently asked questions
AIEase runs on credits. A free account comes with credits that refresh daily, which is enough for occasional colorizing. Heavier use is a subscription or pay-as-you-go credit packs.
No. The AI decides the colors based on what it recognises in the photo. This tool has no manual color controls, so you accept what it returns. For exact colors you would need to hand-paint in a full editor.
Yes. It colorizes a group of photos in one go rather than one at a time. The exact batch size is shown on the site, and each photo in the batch spends credits.
Both. It runs in a web browser, and AIEase also publishes iOS and Android apps that colorize photos. Either way the photo goes to AIEase's servers to be processed, so the apps do the same work as the site.
No. It only adds color. If your photo is scratched, torn or faded, use a photo restoration tool to repair it, either before or after colorizing.
Your photo is uploaded to AIEase's servers to be processed. For sensitive or family photos, read AIEase's privacy terms before uploading.
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