The invention relates to the technical field of light-thermal conversion, in particular to a tower-type heat collector light-thermal conversion coating and a preparation method thereof. The invention provides the tower-type heat collector light-thermal conversion coating, which is arranged on a metal matrix, and comprises a transition layer, a high-infrared reflecting layer, and absorbing layer and an emission reducing layer sequentially arranged from inside to outside. The transition layer comprises a metal layer, a compound gradient layer and a compound layer sequentially arranged from inside to outside. The structure is simple, the process is simple and convenient, and the manufacturing cost is low. According to the tower-type heat collector light-thermal conversion coating provided by the invention, the transition layer is coated by adopting a gradual three-layer transition way from the metal layer to the metal compound layer, so that the binding force of the coating and the metal matrix is improved, the service life is long, and the tower-type heat collector light-thermal conversion coating can be applied in high temperature and bad atmospheric environment; and meanwhile, the light-thermal conversion coating provided by the invention has higher absorption rate within a solar spectrum range, has lower emissivity within an infrared region, has the characteristics of high temperature resistance and oxidation resistance, and meets the requirement on solar energy high temperature utilization.