1 Bit Image Converter - Black and White Dithering

Two colours. Nothing to hide behind.

Unprocessed source photograph — Original

Photograph converted to the Black and White (1-bit) palette with Atkinson dithering — Black and White (1-bit) · Atkinson

Convert your image to Black and White (1-bit)

One bit per pixel: every pixel is either black or white, with no grey available anywhere. Any impression of tone has to be manufactured entirely by the arrangement of dots.

This is dithering in its purest form, and the algorithm choice matters more here than with any other palette. Atkinson gives the crisp Macintosh look, Bayer gives a mechanical crosshatch, and Floyd-Steinberg gives a finer photographic grain.

Print-style output, strong graphic images, and the classic Mac aesthetic.

Other palettes

Game Boy NES Commodore 64 CGA Apple II ZX Spectrum PICO-8 Grayscale 4 Grayscale 8 Grayscale 16

Pick a dithering algorithm

Floyd-Steinberg Atkinson Ordered (Bayer)Jarvis-Judice-Ninke Stucki Burkes Sierra-3

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