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AI manga colorizer
Colorize Manga with AI: Lines and Lettering Kept
Image2Layer's Colorize Manga tool turns black and white manga pages, comics and sketches into full color, free to try. Pick one of 4 looks; in about 30 seconds the page is colored, with lines and lettering kept.
- Free to try
- 4 color looks
- Lines and lettering kept
- PNG in about 30 seconds
1. Upload a page or drawing
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2. Pick the look
Lines, panels and lettering are kept as drawn.
3. Colorize Manga
10 credits per page · Failed runs never use credits
Real result of this tool
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What it does
What This Manga Colorizer Does
Colorize black and white manga, comic panels, line art and pencil sketches without filling a single shape by hand. Upload a page and the AI colors all of it in one run, inside the lines you drew, with no brush, no layers and no prompt to write.
It keeps panel borders, speech bubbles and lettering as drawn, turns screentones into color and follows the colors you name in the note. It is an automatic AI manga colorizer for your own work: afterwards, enlarge the page with the image upscaler or split it into editable layers with image to layers.
- Manga pages and panels
- Comics and manhwa
- Line art and sketches
- Screentones to color
- Bubbles and lettering kept
- Your own character colors
BeforeColoredWhy Colorize Manga with AI
Six reasons to use this manga coloring tool instead of flatting every shape by hand.
Your lines stay yours
Color goes inside the ink, so you can colorize line art and keep your strokes: faces, poses, panel borders and hatching are kept as drawn, not traced over.
Bubbles and lettering kept
Speech bubbles, captions and sound effects stay where you lettered them. Zoom in on very small text after the run, since AI can still slip on a tiny word.
Four looks to choose from
Anime, Soft paint, Watercolor or Flat colors: the same page can be cel shaded, softly painted, washed in watercolor or filled flat like a printed color comic.
Name the colors
Type "her hair is pink, the uniform is navy" and the AI manga colorizer follows the note, so a character gets the colors you planned.
10 credits, failed runs free
Each page costs 10 credits with no subscription needed, and a run that fails never uses credits.
How to Colorize Manga in 3 Steps
How to colorize manga without coloring skills: three steps from a black and white page to a color PNG.
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An AI Manga Colorizer That Keeps Your Ink
Three things it does on every page. Move, watch or drag each example.
Move to see the originalColorize Manga Without Redrawing a Line
The AI colors inside your ink instead of tracing over it. On this bakery page the panel borders, the faces and the bubbles that read "Fresh bread!" and "Two, please." stay as they were drawn, and the apron is green because the note said so. Move the lens across the page to see the black and white original.
Colorize a manga page
AfterScreentones Turned into Real Color
Manga shades with screentone dots and hatching. Here they become color: the dotted yukata turns deep blue with white flowers, as the note asked, and the toned night sky glows with the fireworks. The zoom shows the same patch before and after. For black and white photos rather than drawings, use colorize photo.
Colorize a manga panel
BeforeColoredColorize Line Art in the Colors You Name
Leave the note empty and the AI picks fitting colors, or name the ones that matter. This line art was given "her cloak is deep purple, her hair is silver, the cat is orange", and the result follows all three. Keep the same note for every page and a character stays close to the colors you planned. Drag the divider to compare.
Name your colorsColorize Manga Before and After
Six original pages, panels and drawings made for this page, each colored by the manga colorizer in one run with the look named below. Hover a card to wipe between them, or open it to compare closely.
Manga close-up, Watercolor
A dreamy close-up of a girl with flowers gets soft watercolor washes, and the toned background turns into gentle color.
Inked comic panel, Flat colors
A rainy street in heavy black ink gets clean flat fills, with the tan coat and warm lamp light asked for in the note.
Action page, Anime
Speed lines, the leap and the WHOOSH sound effect stay as drawn while the rooftops and the evening sky get bright cel shading.
Pencil sketch, Watercolor
A graphite sketch of a girl reading beside a fox becomes a light watercolor, with the pencil lines still showing.
Manhwa panel, Soft paint
A tall rooftop scene at sunset gets smooth painted light, and the "Coffee?" bubble keeps its word.
Pen and ink village, Flat colors
The hatched roofs, boats and hills of a fishing village get even fills, like a page from a printed color comic.
Tips to Colorize Line Art and Manga Pages
Four habits that give a clean colored page.
Start from a clean, straight scan
Scan at 300 to 600 DPI, or photograph the page flat in even light; you can color line art online straight from a phone photo. Crop to the page or panel before you upload: crisp lines give the AI clear shapes to fill, and uploads are scaled to 2048 pixels on the longest side.
Match the look to the drawing
Anime suits manga pages and character art. Flat colors suits inked comics, Watercolor suits pencil sketches and quiet scenes, and Soft paint turns a cover into a painted illustration. To colorize a black and white sketch, start with Watercolor.
Keep a manga color scheme in the note
Write only the colors that matter, like "her hair is pink, her eyes are green, his jacket is navy", and paste the same note on every page. Everything you leave out gets fitting colors.
Check small text, then finish the page
Zoom in on lettering, sound effects and tiny details with the slider, and run the page again if something changed. To clear the bubbles for a new language, use remove text from image.
AI Manga Colorizer vs Coloring by Hand
Image2Layer next to coloring a manga page by hand and hiring a colorist.
- Time per pageImage2Layer:About 30 secondsColoring by hand:Often hours of flatting and shadingHiring a colorist:Usually days, depending on the colorist
- CostImage2Layer:10 credits a pageColoring by hand:Comic coloring software and your timeHiring a colorist:A fee per page
- Skill neededImage2Layer:None: upload and press Colorize MangaColoring by hand:Flatting, shading and practiceHiring a colorist:None, the colorist does the work
- Choosing colorsImage2Layer:Name them in the noteColoring by hand:Every shade is yours to pickHiring a colorist:Agreed in a brief
- Lines and letteringImage2Layer:Kept as drawn, check small textColoring by hand:Untouched on their own layerHiring a colorist:Untouched
- Where it runsImage2Layer:In your browser, also on a phoneColoring by hand:A desktop or tablet appHiring a colorist:You send the files
Photoshop, named in the FAQ, is a trademark of Adobe. Image2Layer is not affiliated with Adobe or with any colorist.
Who Uses an AI Manga Colorizer
Artists and creators who use AI coloring for manga, comics and drawings of their own.
Manga artists
Colorize manga pages of your own to test color ideas for a cover, a chapter opener or a promo image before you paint the final version.
Comic creators
Colorize comic panels for webcomics, social posts and pitch pages, from heavy black ink to clean outlines.
Illustrators
Colorize a drawing with AI to show a client a color version of the line art within minutes, then refine the shades they pick.
Sketchbook artists
Colorize a sketch online: pencil studies and doodles become watercolor or painted pieces worth sharing.
Character designers
Colorize line art of an original character to find its first colors, and keep the note as its color reference.
Layered edits
Turn the colored page into a layered file with image to PSD and keep editing it in any PSD editor.
Colorize Manga FAQ
Answers about colorizing manga, line art, lettering, price and privacy.
Upload the page above, pick one of the four looks, add a note if you like and run it. About 30 seconds later the colored page is ready: compare it with the original, then download a PNG.
Yes, once. Each account gets one free run across Image2Layer's AI tools: sign in, press Try it free, and you get a watermarked result with no credits needed. After that, each page costs 10 credits.
They should not: the AI is told to keep every line, panel border, speech bubble and lettered word exactly as drawn and to add only color. It follows this well, but AI can still change a tiny detail, so zoom in on small text and sound effects before you share the page.
Yes. Type them in the note box, for example "her hair is pink, the uniform is navy", and the manga colorizer follows them. Use the same note on every page to keep a character close to the same colors, and check each page.
Screentones become matching areas of color. The dot patterns used for shadows, skies and clothes turn into colored light and shade, so the page reads as a color page.
Yes. Colorize line art, inked drawings and pencil sketches the same way as a manga page: the lines stay, and color fills the shapes between them. Watercolor and Soft paint suit pencil sketches best.
Anime is the default and suits most manga pages and character art. Soft paint makes a cover look painted, Watercolor gives sketches and quiet scenes gentle washes, and Flat colors gives clean fills like a printed color comic.
Yes. Colorize manhwa strips the same way as manga, and colorize comic panels from heavy black ink to clean outlines in any of the four looks.
Each page costs 10 credits. Credit packs need no subscription, and a run that fails never uses credits. The pricing page lists the current plans and packs.
Yes, when the run is paid with credits. Only the free trial result carries a watermark, and it disappears as soon as you buy any plan or credit pack.
It comes back at about 1,200 pixels on the longest side, in the same shape as your upload. That suits screens and posts; for print, enlarge it 2× with the Image Upscaler afterwards.
No, one page at a time. Each run colors one page, panel or drawing; for a chapter, run the pages one by one with the same look and the same note.
No. This manga colorizer online runs in your browser on a computer or a phone, with nothing to install.
Yes, for a first color pass. Flatting and shading a page by hand can take hours; here a colored page takes about 30 seconds, and you can still refine it in any editor afterwards.
Your uploads and results are visible only to your account, and every upload passes our content checks. Only colorize pages you drew yourself or have the right to edit.
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