text: how do you make a picture black and white with paint? i don't have photoshop anymore, so i need to use the regular paint on windows, but i'm not sure how to make it black and white, so could somebody please tell me? on the menu bar, click "image" than "attributes.."   then under colors, click the radio button "black and white."  this allows you to paint in black and white, however, you cannot convert a current file into black and white.