diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerPageHolder.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerPageHolder.kt
index b72f9ea66f..9178d03a7f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerPageHolder.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerPageHolder.kt
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.graphics.BitmapFactory
 import android.graphics.PointF
+import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
 import android.net.Uri
+import android.support.v4.graphics.ColorUtils
 import android.view.GestureDetector
 import android.view.Gravity
 import android.view.MotionEvent
@@ -255,9 +257,23 @@ class PagerPageHolder(
 
                         launchUI {
                             val image = async { BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(bytesArray, 0, bytesArray.size) }
-                            imageView.background = ImageUtil.autoSetBackground(image.await())
-                            if (!viewer.config.imageCropBorders)
-                                imageView.setImage(ImageSource.bitmap(image.await()))
+                            val bg = ImageUtil.autoSetBackground(image.await())
+                            imageView.background = bg
+                            if (!viewer.config.imageCropBorders) {
+                                if (bg is ColorDrawable) {
+                                    val array = FloatArray(3)
+                                    ColorUtils.colorToHSL(bg.color, array)
+                                    if (array[1] < 0.2) {
+                                        val bytesStream = bytesArray.inputStream()
+                                        imageView.setImage(ImageSource.inputStream(bytesStream))
+                                        bytesStream.close()
+                                    }
+                                    else
+                                        imageView.setImage(ImageSource.bitmap(image.await()))
+                                }
+                                else
+                                    imageView.setImage(ImageSource.bitmap(image.await()))
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                     else {