Taking image colorization technology as the main research content, the work aims to expound the technical characteristics and applicable scenarios of colorization research from the perspective of artificial intelligence combined with design and summarize the development trend of intelligent design combined with the background of artificial intelligence. Firstly, the technical requirements and application scenarios of artificial intelligence colorization research were fused and analyzed, and the possibility of combining artificial intelligence with design and creation was deduced. Next, the traditional methods and basic technologies of artificial intelligence were investigated. Taking the concept of interactive design as inspiration, colorization methods of artificial intelligence were divided into explicit interactive methods and implicit interactive methods for induction and summary. Finally, the application objects, preprocessing steps, and practical experience of colorization technology research were discussed. The development trend and future technological priorities of color technology combined with artificial intelligence design were summarized. In the context of the trend of "AI+Design", artificial intelligence digital image processing technology represented by image colorization is becoming an auxiliary tool for designers and showing a trend of cross integration in the fields of technology, art, film and television, and humanities.