diff --git a/src/fontra/client/core/font-controller.js b/src/fontra/client/core/font-controller.js
index f49ad22e9..fa67618e2 100644
--- a/src/fontra/client/core/font-controller.js
+++ b/src/fontra/client/core/font-controller.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { TaskPool } from "./task-pool.js";
 import {
   assert,
   chain,
+  colorizeImage,
   getCharFromCodePoint,
   mapObjectValues,
   throttleCalls,
@@ -133,11 +134,40 @@ export class FontController {
 
   getBackgroundImage(imageIdentifier) {
     // This returns a promise for the requested background image
+    const cacheEntry = this._getBackgroundImageCacheEntry(imageIdentifier);
+    return cacheEntry.imagePromise;
+  }
+
+  getBackgroundImageColorized(imageIdentifier, color) {
+    // This returns a promise for the requested colorized background image
+    if (!color) {
+      return this.getBackgroundImage(imageIdentifier);
+    }
+    const cacheEntry = this._getBackgroundImageCacheEntry(imageIdentifier);
+    if (cacheEntry.color !== color) {
+      cacheEntry.color = color;
+      cacheEntry.imageColorizedPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        cacheEntry.imagePromise.then((image) => {
+          if (image) {
+            colorizeImage(image, color).then((image) => {
+              cacheEntry.imageColorized = image;
+              resolve(image);
+            });
+          } else {
+            resolve(null);
+          }
+        });
+      });
+    }
+    return cacheEntry.imageColorizedPromise;
+  }
+
+  _getBackgroundImageCacheEntry(imageIdentifier) {
     let cacheEntry = this._backgroundImageCache.get(imageIdentifier);
     if (!cacheEntry) {
       cacheEntry = this._cacheBackgroundImageFromIdentifier(imageIdentifier);
     }
-    return cacheEntry.imagePromise;
+    return cacheEntry;
   }
 
   getBackgroundImageCached(imageIdentifier, onLoad = null) {
@@ -156,6 +186,19 @@ export class FontController {
     return cacheEntry?.image;
   }
 
+  getBackgroundImageColorizedCached(imageIdentifier, color, onLoad = null) {
+    if (!color) {
+      return this.getBackgroundImageCached(imageIdentifier, onLoad);
+    }
+    const cacheEntry = this._backgroundImageCache.get(imageIdentifier);
+    if ((!cacheEntry?.imageColorizedPromise || cacheEntry.color !== color) && onLoad) {
+      this.getBackgroundImageColorized(imageIdentifier, color).then((image) =>
+        onLoad(image)
+      );
+    }
+    return cacheEntry?.imageColorized;
+  }
+
   _cacheBackgroundImageFromIdentifier(imageIdentifier) {
     return this._cacheBackgroundImageFromDataURLPromise(
       imageIdentifier,
diff --git a/src/fontra/client/core/utils.js b/src/fontra/client/core/utils.js
index b308688be..9a8d96b87 100644
--- a/src/fontra/client/core/utils.js
+++ b/src/fontra/client/core/utils.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export function scheduleCalls(func, timeout = 0) {
       timeoutID = null;
       func(...args);
     }, timeout);
+    return timeoutID;
   };
 }
 
@@ -635,3 +636,37 @@ export function readFileOrBlobAsDataURL(fileOrBlob) {
     reader.readAsDataURL(fileOrBlob);
   });
 }
+
+export function colorizeImage(inputImage, color) {
+  const w = inputImage.naturalWidth;
+  const h = inputImage.naturalHeight;
+  const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
+  canvas.width = w;
+  canvas.height = h;
+  const context = canvas.getContext("2d");
+
+  // First step, draw the image
+  context.drawImage(inputImage, 0, 0, w, h);
+  // Second step, reduce saturation to zero (making the image grayscale)
+  context.fillStyle = "black";
+  context.globalCompositeOperation = "saturation";
+  context.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
+  // Last step, colorize the image, using screen (inverse multiply)
+  context.fillStyle = color;
+  context.globalCompositeOperation = "screen";
+  context.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    canvas.toBlob((blob) => {
+      const outputImage = new Image();
+      outputImage.width = inputImage.width;
+      outputImage.height = inputImage.height;
+      const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+      outputImage.onload = () => {
+        URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+        resolve(outputImage);
+      };
+      outputImage.src = url;
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/fontra/client/lang/de.js b/src/fontra/client/lang/de.js
index 367b79022..c7116337c 100644
--- a/src/fontra/client/lang/de.js
+++ b/src/fontra/client/lang/de.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export const strings = {
   "axes.undo.add": "Achse %0 hinzufügen",
   "axes.undo.delete": "Achse %0 entfernen",
   "axes.undo.edit": "Achse %0 bearbeiten",
+  "background-image.labels.colorize": "Colorize",
   "background-image.labels.opacity": "Transparenz",
   "canvas.clean-view-and-hand-tool": "Ungehinderte Sicht und Hand Werkzeug",
   "cross-axis-mapping.axis-participates":
diff --git a/src/fontra/client/lang/en.js b/src/fontra/client/lang/en.js
index 23abb9c54..332e45392 100644
--- a/src/fontra/client/lang/en.js
+++ b/src/fontra/client/lang/en.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export const strings = {
   "axes.undo.add": "add axis %0",
   "axes.undo.delete": "delete axis %0",
   "axes.undo.edit": "edit axis %0",
+  "background-image.labels.colorize": "Colorize",
   "background-image.labels.opacity": "Opacity",
   "canvas.clean-view-and-hand-tool": "Clean View and Hand Tool",
   "cross-axis-mapping.axis-participates":
diff --git a/src/fontra/client/lang/fr.js b/src/fontra/client/lang/fr.js
index 3717b9a7b..3bbce8312 100644
--- a/src/fontra/client/lang/fr.js
+++ b/src/fontra/client/lang/fr.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export const strings = {
   "axes.undo.add": "add axis %0",
   "axes.undo.delete": "delete axis %0",
   "axes.undo.edit": "edit axis %0",
+  "background-image.labels.colorize": "Colorize",
   "background-image.labels.opacity": "Opacity",
   "canvas.clean-view-and-hand-tool": "Prévisualisation et outil de déplacement",
   "cross-axis-mapping.axis-participates":
diff --git a/src/fontra/client/lang/ja.js b/src/fontra/client/lang/ja.js
index 3405b3550..a882704c3 100644
--- a/src/fontra/client/lang/ja.js
+++ b/src/fontra/client/lang/ja.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export const strings = {
   "axes.undo.add": "補完軸%0を追加",
   "axes.undo.delete": "補完軸%0を削除",
   "axes.undo.edit": "補完軸%0を編集",
+  "background-image.labels.colorize": "Colorize",
   "background-image.labels.opacity": "Opacity",
   "canvas.clean-view-and-hand-tool": "塗りのプレビューと手のひらツール",
   "cross-axis-mapping.axis-participates":
diff --git a/src/fontra/client/lang/nl.js b/src/fontra/client/lang/nl.js
index baf544225..ba86c2da9 100644
--- a/src/fontra/client/lang/nl.js
+++ b/src/fontra/client/lang/nl.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export const strings = {
   "axes.undo.add": "add axis %0",
   "axes.undo.delete": "delete axis %0",
   "axes.undo.edit": "edit axis %0",
+  "background-image.labels.colorize": "Colorize",
   "background-image.labels.opacity": "Opacity",
   "canvas.clean-view-and-hand-tool": "Schone weergave en Hand gereedschap",
   "cross-axis-mapping.axis-participates":
diff --git a/src/fontra/client/lang/zh-CN.js b/src/fontra/client/lang/zh-CN.js
index 9637becbe..c7b93362b 100644
--- a/src/fontra/client/lang/zh-CN.js
+++ b/src/fontra/client/lang/zh-CN.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export const strings = {
   "axes.undo.add": "添加参数轴 %0",
   "axes.undo.delete": "删除参数轴 %0",
   "axes.undo.edit": "编辑参数轴 %0",
+  "background-image.labels.colorize": "Colorize",
   "background-image.labels.opacity": "透明度",
   "canvas.clean-view-and-hand-tool": "预览与拖拽工具",
   "cross-axis-mapping.axis-participates": "选中后，该参数轴参与映射",
diff --git a/src/fontra/client/web-components/ui-form.js b/src/fontra/client/web-components/ui-form.js
index d03b362d8..bdea2d094 100644
--- a/src/fontra/client/web-components/ui-form.js
+++ b/src/fontra/client/web-components/ui-form.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import * as html from "../core/html-utils.js";
 import { SimpleElement } from "../core/html-utils.js";
 import { QueueIterator } from "../core/queue-iterator.js";
-import { enumerate, hyphenatedToCamelCase, round } from "../core/utils.js";
+import {
+  enumerate,
+  hyphenatedToCamelCase,
+  round,
+  scheduleCalls,
+} from "../core/utils.js";
 import { RangeSlider } from "/web-components/range-slider.js";
 import "/web-components/rotary-control.js";
 
@@ -79,6 +84,16 @@ export class Form extends SimpleElement {
       height: 1.6em;
     }
 
+    .ui-form-value input[type="checkbox"] {
+      width: initial;
+      height: initial;
+    }
+
+    .ui-form-value input[type="color"] {
+      height: 2em;
+      width: 4em;
+    }
+
     .ui-form-value input[type="text"] {
       width: 100%;
     }
@@ -404,6 +419,78 @@ export class Form extends SimpleElement {
     valueElement.appendChild(rangeElement);
   }
 
+  _addColorPicker(valueElement, fieldItem) {
+    const parseColor = fieldItem.parseColor || ((v) => v);
+    const formatColor = fieldItem.formatColor || ((v) => v);
+
+    let checkboxElement;
+    const colorInputElement = html.input({ type: "color" });
+    colorInputElement.value = formatColor(fieldItem.value);
+
+    {
+      // color picker change closure
+      let valueStream = undefined;
+
+      const oninputFunc = scheduleCalls((event) => {
+        if (checkboxElement) {
+          checkboxElement.checked = true;
+        }
+        const value = parseColor(colorInputElement.value);
+        if (!valueStream) {
+          valueStream = new QueueIterator(5, true);
+          this._fieldChanging(fieldItem, value, valueStream);
+        }
+
+        if (valueStream) {
+          valueStream.put(value);
+          this._dispatchEvent("doChange", { key: fieldItem.key, value: value });
+        } else {
+          this._fieldChanging(fieldItem, value, undefined);
+        }
+      }, fieldItem.continuousDelay || 0);
+
+      let oninputTimer;
+
+      colorInputElement.oninput = (event) => {
+        oninputTimer = oninputFunc(event);
+      };
+
+      colorInputElement.onchange = (event) => {
+        if (checkboxElement) {
+          checkboxElement.checked = true;
+        }
+        if (valueStream) {
+          valueStream.done();
+          valueStream = undefined;
+          if (oninputTimer) {
+            clearTimeout(oninputTimer);
+            oninputTimer = undefined;
+          }
+          this._dispatchEvent("endChange", { key: fieldItem.key });
+        } else {
+          this._dispatchEvent("doChange", { key: fieldItem.key, value: value });
+        }
+      };
+    }
+
+    valueElement.appendChild(colorInputElement);
+
+    if (fieldItem.allowNoColor) {
+      checkboxElement = html.input({
+        type: "checkbox",
+        checked: !!fieldItem.value,
+        onchange: (event) => {
+          this._fieldChanging(
+            fieldItem,
+            checkboxElement.checked ? parseColor(colorInputElement.value) : undefined,
+            undefined
+          );
+        },
+      });
+      valueElement.appendChild(checkboxElement);
+    }
+  }
+
   addEventListener(eventName, handler, options) {
     this.contentElement.addEventListener(eventName, handler, options);
   }
diff --git a/src/fontra/views/editor/panel-selection-info.js b/src/fontra/views/editor/panel-selection-info.js
index 7b1c66afd..b736ab9b6 100644
--- a/src/fontra/views/editor/panel-selection-info.js
+++ b/src/fontra/views/editor/panel-selection-info.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   makeUPlusStringFromCodePoint,
   parseSelection,
   range,
+  rgbaToHex,
   round,
   splitGlyphNameExtension,
   throttleCalls,
@@ -292,6 +293,22 @@ export default class SelectionInfoPanel extends Panel {
         }),
       });
 
+      formContents.push({
+        type: "color-picker",
+        key: backgroundImageKey("color"),
+        label: translate("background-image.labels.colorize"),
+        continuousDelay: 150,
+        allowNoColor: true,
+        value: backgroundImage.color,
+        parseColor: (value) => {
+          const matches = value.match(/^#([0-9a-f]{2})([0-9a-f]{2})([0-9a-f]{2})$/i);
+          const channels = matches.slice(1, 4).map((ch) => parseInt(ch, 16) / 255);
+          return { red: channels[0], green: channels[1], blue: channels[2] };
+        },
+        formatColor: (value) =>
+          value ? rgbaToHex([value.red, value.green, value.blue]) : "#000000",
+      });
+
       formContents.push({
         type: "edit-number-slider",
         key: backgroundImageKey("opacity"),
diff --git a/src/fontra/views/editor/visualization-layer-definitions.js b/src/fontra/views/editor/visualization-layer-definitions.js
index 5b25b9d3c..6414b2696 100644
--- a/src/fontra/views/editor/visualization-layer-definitions.js
+++ b/src/fontra/views/editor/visualization-layer-definitions.js
@@ -427,8 +427,15 @@ registerVisualizationLayerDefinition({
       return;
     }
 
-    const image = model.fontController.getBackgroundImageCached(
+    const image = model.fontController.getBackgroundImageColorizedCached(
       backgroundImage.identifier,
+      backgroundImage.color
+        ? rgbaToCSS([
+            backgroundImage.color.red,
+            backgroundImage.color.green,
+            backgroundImage.color.blue,
+          ])
+        : null,
       () => controller.requestUpdate()
     );