Black & White Photo
Convert a photo to black and white right in your browser — with an intensity slider from partial desaturation to fully black and white, nothing uploaded.
No sign-up · nothing to install · files never leave your device
Convert a photo to black and white right in your browser — with an intensity slider from partial desaturation to fully black and white, nothing uploaded.
No sign-up · nothing to install · files never leave your device
Without color, a photo is reduced to shape, light and shadow. That is why a black and white version often looks stronger than the original. It also rescues shots with mixed lighting, where daylight and a yellow lamp produce muddy tones.
Upload a photo and move the slider from 0 to 100%. The preview follows the slider, so there is no separate “Apply” step. The result is saved as JPG, PNG or WebP with “-bw” added to the file name.
The slider is smooth: tone colors down slightly or remove them completely.
The preview redraws while the slider moves, so the right balance is easy to judge by eye.
Only pixel colors change; their position and the sharpness of the image are untouched.
Your browser does the conversion, and the site never receives a copy.
At 100% you get a classic black and white photo. At 40–60% colors remain but become calmer. This suits portraits and shots with a loud background, where removing all color takes away too much.
Each pixel's brightness uses the standard weights: red 0.299, green 0.587, blue 0.114. Television uses the same coefficients for a monochrome signal. As a result, foliage does not sink into black and the sky does not turn into a white patch.
Portrait photographers use it to hide uneven skin tone or a poor white balance. Designers use it to unify a series shot on different cameras. On a résumé or an official document, a monochrome photo looks restrained.
This tool produces shades of gray based on brightness. Sepia adds a warm brown tone; you will find it among the film presets.
No. You download a new file with “-bw” in its name, and the original stays as it was.
PNG and WebP keep the transparency. JPG cannot store it, so empty areas become white.
Yes. HEIC opens just like JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF or AVIF.