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application: "Intervention Image"
version: "Version 2"
status: "eol"
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# Image::greyscale

## Turn the current image into a greyscale version



> public Intervention\Image\Image greyscale()

Turns image into a greyscale version.

### Parameters

none

### Return Values
Instance of `Intervention\Image\Image`

### Examples

```php
// create new Intervention Image and turn it into greyscale version
$img = Image::make('public/foo.jpg')->greyscale();
```

### See also

- [brightness](https://image.intervention.io/v2/api/brightness.md)
- [contrast](https://image.intervention.io/v2/api/contrast.md)
- [colorize](https://image.intervention.io/v2/api/colorize.md)
- [invert](https://image.intervention.io/v2/api/invert.md)
- [pixelate](https://image.intervention.io/v2/api/pixelate.md)

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effort required to maintain and develop the software is only possible with the financial support
of sponsors. There are two ways in which you can support this project.

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