№ 78 · RESTORATION
Carefully colorize a black-and-white landscape or scene
№ The prompt
Colorize this black-and-white scene with restrained, period-plausible color. Keep the tonal contrast and grain of the original intact, and choose muted, era-appropriate hues for landscape, sky, buildings, and foliage rather than vivid modern tones. Where the correct color of something is genuinely uncertain, leave it neutral rather than guessing boldly. The colors are an interpretation, not recovered fact — the result should look like a color photo from the era, not a saturated modern edit.
№ How to use it
Input
A black-and-white scene or landscape scan, as sharp as you can get it.
Preserve
Contrast and grain; colors stay restrained and period-plausible.
Avoid
Over-saturation, anachronistic hues, flattening the contrast, or guessing boldly on uncertain colors.
More prompts to try
Old photo restoration prompts