Pixelcut
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AI Line Art Colorizer

Trusted by 70 million people
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Developer API
Available on iPhone & Android

How to Colorize Your Line Art in 3 Steps

  1. 1

    Upload your line art

    Start by uploading your black-and-white drawing, sketch, or illustration. PNG and JPG files work great.

  2. 2

    Describe your color vision

    In the text prompt, describe the colors, style, and lighting you want. For example, 'An anime character with purple hair and golden armor.'

  3. 3

    Generate your colored art

    Click the generate button and let the AI work its magic. Your line art will be transformed into a vibrant illustration in seconds.

  4. 4

    Download your creation

    Your new, full-color artwork is ready. Download the high-resolution PNG file to share or use in your projects.

Say goodbye to the time-consuming process of manually coloring your artwork. Pixelcut’s AI Line Art Colorizer breathes life into your black-and-white drawings in seconds. Simply upload your creation, and our AI will intelligently apply color, saving you hours of work. This tool is perfect for artists and hobbyists who want to quickly visualize their characters, scenes, and designs in full color. Move from a clean sketch to a vibrant, finished-looking piece with just a few clicks and focus more on creating.

Instantly Color Your Sketches

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Stuck trying to find the perfect color scheme? Use our AI to explore endless possibilities. By describing a mood, style, or specific color combination in a text prompt, you can guide the AI to generate unique palettes for your line art. Whether you want a character with 'bubblegum pink hair and neon green highlights' or a scene with a 'moody, dark fantasy atmosphere,' the AI provides fresh color ideas. This feature is a great way to overcome creative blocks and discover color combinations you might not have considered.

Explore Endless Color Palettes

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Our AI does more than just fill in flat colors; it understands form and lighting to add depth and dimension to your artwork. Describe the lighting you envision, such as 'dramatic side lighting' or 'soft morning glow,' and the AI will apply realistic highlights and shadows. This intelligent shading process respects your original line work, enhancing the volume and texture of your illustrations. Achieve a professional, polished look for character designs, comics, and concept art without complex digital painting techniques.

Smart Shading and Lighting

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It’s Fast: Transform your black-and-white drawings into full-color illustrations in a matter of seconds. It’s Customizable: Guide the AI with text prompts to achieve your desired color schemes and lighting effects. AI-Powered: The AI intelligently applies colors, highlights, and shadows, respecting your original line work. Easy to Use: The process is simple. Just upload your art, type a prompt, and generate. High-Quality Results: Download your newly colored artwork as a high-resolution PNG file, ready for your portfolio or project.

Why use Pixelcut's AI to Colorize Line Art?

A diagonally split image demonstrating the colorization of line art. The top half shows a detailed black and white line drawing of a fairy, while the bottom half reveals the same fairy beautifully colored with vibrant, magical hues.
Character Design: Quickly iterate on color concepts for your original characters. Manga and Comics: Speed up the coloring process for your comic book or manga pages. Concept Art: Generate color variations for environments, props, and characters. Coloring Pages: Bring your own custom coloring pages to life with a splash of color. Storyboarding: Add quick color to storyboards to better convey the mood and atmosphere of a scene. Architectural Sketches: Apply color to line drawings of buildings and interiors for presentations.

Colorize Line Art Use Cases

A diagonally split image showing the colorization of line art. The top-left shows a black and white line drawing of a fantasy treehouse, while the bottom-right shows the same image fully colored with vibrant watercolors.

Frequently Asked Questions

Pixelcut is loved by over 2 million people

  • My favorite app

    Great app, easy to use. Helps our small business save time and money to create different marketing materials professionally. Thank you.
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    I need a good background remover for my work and I've been through them all it feels like. This one is the best by far. It's so easy to use and the results always look amazing. Thank you Pixelcut!
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    It's amazingly easy and gives the perfect results for my bags and accessories. It looks like it was done by a professional photographer.
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