India, Dec. 28 -- Parents looking for new ways to keep children busy now have an option that starts with photos already saved on their phones. A new app called Splat uses artificial intelligence to convert personal images into colouring book pages that children can print and fill in.

Users can upload family photos, pictures of pets, or everyday moments and turn them into black-and-white outlines made for colouring. The app also supports educational themes such as animals, space, flowers, vehicles, robots, and storybook scenes. This allows parents to mix personal images with learning-focused content.

Splat comes from the same startup behind Retro, a photo-sharing app built for private sharing among friends and family. With Splat, the foc...