diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/HttpPageLoader.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/HttpPageLoader.kt
index fe1a063c2d..be72081306 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/HttpPageLoader.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/HttpPageLoader.kt
@@ -231,10 +231,12 @@ class HttpPageLoader(
                 }
             }
             .doOnNext {
-                if (preferences.readerTheme().get() == 2) {
+                val readerTheme = preferences.readerTheme().getOrDefault()
+                if (readerTheme >= 2) {
                     val stream = chapterCache.getImageFile(imageUrl).inputStream()
                     val image = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(stream)
-                    page.bg = ImageUtil.autoSetBackground(image)
+                    page.bg = ImageUtil.autoSetBackground(image, readerTheme == 2)
+                    page.bgAlwaysWhite = readerTheme == 2
                     stream.close()
                 }
                 page.stream = { chapterCache.getImageFile(imageUrl).inputStream() }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/model/ReaderPage.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/model/ReaderPage.kt
index 4b9b242ebc..48e3540425 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/model/ReaderPage.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/model/ReaderPage.kt
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ class ReaderPage(
         url: String = "",
         imageUrl: String? = null,
         var stream: (() -> InputStream)? = null,
-        var bg: Drawable? = null
+        var bg: Drawable? = null,
+        var bgAlwaysWhite: Boolean? = null
 ) : Page(index, url, imageUrl, null) {
 
     lateinit var chapter: ReaderChapter
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 160cfbb85c..3fab78156e 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
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.ui.reader.viewer.pager
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.graphics.BitmapFactory
+import android.graphics.Color
 import android.graphics.PointF
+import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.view.GestureDetector
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ import com.davemorrissey.labs.subscaleview.SubsamplingScaleImageView
 import com.github.chrisbanes.photoview.PhotoView
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.R
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.glide.GlideApp
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.preference.PreferencesHelper
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.preference.getOrDefault
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.Page
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.ui.reader.model.ReaderPage
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.ui.reader.viewer.ReaderProgressBar
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ import rx.Observable
 import rx.Subscription
 import rx.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers
 import rx.schedulers.Schedulers
+import uy.kohesive.injekt.injectLazy
 import java.io.InputStream
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
@@ -248,9 +253,10 @@ class PagerPageHolder(
             .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
             .doOnNext { isAnimated ->
                 if (!isAnimated) {
-                    if (viewer.config.readerTheme == 2) {
+                    if (viewer.config.readerTheme >= 2) {
                         val imageView = initSubsamplingImageView()
-                        if (page.bg != null) {
+                        if (page.bg != null &&
+                            page.bgAlwaysWhite == (viewer.config.readerTheme == 2)) {
                             imageView.setImage(ImageSource.inputStream(openStream!!))
                             imageView.background = page.bg
                         }
@@ -264,6 +270,7 @@ class PagerPageHolder(
                             launchUI {
                                 imageView.background = setBG(bytesArray)
                                 page.bg = imageView.background
+                                page.bgAlwaysWhite = viewer.config.readerTheme == 2
                             }
                         }
                     }
@@ -273,7 +280,7 @@ class PagerPageHolder(
                 } else {
                     val imageView = initImageView()
                     imageView.setImage(openStream!!)
-                    if (viewer.config.readerTheme == 2 && page.bg != null)
+                    if (viewer.config.readerTheme >= 2 && page.bg != null)
                         imageView.background = page.bg
                 }
             }
@@ -285,9 +292,10 @@ class PagerPageHolder(
 
     private suspend fun setBG(bytesArray: ByteArray): Drawable {
         return withContext(Default) {
+            val preferences by injectLazy<PreferencesHelper>()
             ImageUtil.autoSetBackground(BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(
                 bytesArray, 0, bytesArray.size
-            ))
+            ), preferences.readerTheme().getOrDefault() == 2)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/setting/SettingsReaderController.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/setting/SettingsReaderController.kt
index 71d89c6ffd..93c2a1e674 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/setting/SettingsReaderController.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/setting/SettingsReaderController.kt
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ class SettingsReaderController : SettingsController() {
         intListPreference {
             key = Keys.readerTheme
             titleRes = R.string.pref_reader_theme
-            entriesRes = arrayOf(R.string.white_background, R.string.black_background, R.string.zoom_start_automatic)
-            entryValues = arrayOf("0", "1", "2")
+            entriesRes = arrayOf(R.string.white_background, R.string.black_background, R.string
+                .reader_theme_smart, R.string.reader_theme_smart_theme)
+            entryValues = arrayOf("0", "1", "2", "3")
             defaultValue = "0"
             summary = "%s"
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/ImageUtil.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/ImageUtil.kt
index 6281f31a1e..fe3b391d73 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/ImageUtil.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/ImageUtil.kt
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ object ImageUtil {
         return null
     }
 
-    fun autoSetBackground(image: Bitmap): Drawable {
+    fun autoSetBackground(image: Bitmap, useWhiteAlways: Boolean): Drawable {
+        val backgroundColor = if (useWhiteAlways) Color.WHITE else android.R.attr.colorBackground
         if (image.width < 50 || image.height < 50)
-            return ColorDrawable(android.R.attr.colorBackground)
+            return ColorDrawable(backgroundColor)
         val top = 5
         val bot = image.height - 5
         val left = (image.width * 0.0275).toInt()
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ object ImageUtil {
             topRightIsDark -> image.getPixel(right, top)
             botLeftIsDark -> image.getPixel(left, bot)
             botRightIsDark -> image.getPixel(right, bot)
-            else -> android.R.attr.colorBackground
+            else -> backgroundColor
         }
 
         var overallWhitePixels = 0
@@ -179,25 +180,24 @@ object ImageUtil {
             darkBG = false
         if (topIsBlackStreak && bottomIsBlackStreak)
             darkBG = true
-        val whiteColor = android.R.attr.colorBackground
         if (darkBG) {
             return if (isWhite(image.getPixel(left, bot)) && isWhite(image.getPixel(right, bot))) GradientDrawable(GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM,
-                intArrayOf(blackPixel, blackPixel, whiteColor, whiteColor))
+                intArrayOf(blackPixel, blackPixel, backgroundColor, backgroundColor))
             else if (isWhite(image.getPixel(left, top)) && isWhite(image.getPixel(right, top))) GradientDrawable(GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM,
-                intArrayOf(whiteColor, whiteColor, blackPixel, blackPixel))
+                intArrayOf(backgroundColor, backgroundColor, blackPixel, blackPixel))
             else ColorDrawable(blackPixel)
         }
         if (topIsBlackStreak || (topLeftIsDark && topRightIsDark
                         && isDark(image.getPixel(left - offsetX, top)) && isDark(image.getPixel(right + offsetX, top))
                         && (topMidIsDark || overallBlackPixels > 9)))
             return GradientDrawable(GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM,
-                    intArrayOf(blackPixel, blackPixel, whiteColor, whiteColor))
+                    intArrayOf(blackPixel, blackPixel, backgroundColor, backgroundColor))
         else if (bottomIsBlackStreak || (botLeftIsDark && botRightIsDark
                         && isDark(image.getPixel(left - offsetX, bot)) && isDark(image.getPixel(right + offsetX, bot))
                         && (isDark(image.getPixel(midX, bot)) || overallBlackPixels > 9)))
             return GradientDrawable(GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM,
-                    intArrayOf(whiteColor, whiteColor, blackPixel, blackPixel))
-        return ColorDrawable(whiteColor)
+                    intArrayOf(backgroundColor, backgroundColor, blackPixel, blackPixel))
+        return ColorDrawable(backgroundColor)
     }
 
     fun Boolean.toInt() = if (this) 1 else 0
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml
index 632566da09..7db14ceb15 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     <string-array name="reader_themes">
         <item>@string/white_background</item>
         <item>@string/black_background</item>
-        <item>@string/auto_background</item>
+        <item>@string/smart_background</item>
+        <item>@string/smart_theme_background</item>
     </string-array>
 
     <string-array name="reader_themes_values">
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 069da382b5..93950dc2b4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@
     <string name="pref_reader_theme">Background color</string>
     <string name="white_background">White</string>
     <string name="black_background">Black</string>
-    <string name="auto_background">Automatic</string>
+    <string name="smart_background">Smart (by page)</string>
+    <string name="smart_theme_background">Smart (by theme)</string>
     <string name="pref_viewer_type">Default viewer</string>
     <string name="default_viewer">Default</string>
     <string name="left_to_right_viewer">Left to right</string>
@@ -274,6 +275,8 @@
     <string name="color_filter_g_value">G</string>
     <string name="color_filter_b_value">B</string>
     <string name="color_filter_a_value">A</string>
+    <string name="reader_theme_smart">Smart (based on page)</string>
+    <string name="reader_theme_smart_theme">Smart (based on page and theme)</string>
 
 
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