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Colorize with Reference — v1.0

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Access: External workflow
Status: Listed
Source: Civitai
Updated: Jul 20, 2026

Source description

[FLUX] Vintage Anime Filter Transforms photos into classic vintage anime-style illustrations. With vibrant colors, sharp lines, and nostalgic anime aesthetics, it captures the retro feel of old-school anime. Perfect for turning your photos into unique, anime-style illustrations that resemble classic anime art from the 80s and 90s. [Notice] You can run this workflow without setting up a ComfyUI environment, and it's free. https://nordy.ai/workflows/66fd1dd60d45c399c5daa846

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Purpose

Colorize with Reference turns photos into classic vintage anime-style illustrations.

Inputs and outputs

Input: a photo. The described output has vibrant colors, sharp lines, and a nostalgic 1980s-and-1990s anime look.

Setup

Its description says it can run without setting up a ComfyUI environment and is free.

Dependencies

Listed model files are control-lora-recolor-rank256.safetensors, controlnet-union-sdxl-1.0.safetensors, and realvisxlV40_v40LightningBakedvae.safetensors.
Required node packs are ComfyUI_essentials and was-node-suite-comfyui. Listed node names include CheckpointLoaderSimple, CLIPTextEncode, ControlNetApplyAdvanced, ControlNetLoader, GetImageSize+, Image Blending Mode, Image Comparer (rgthree), Image Filter Adjustments, and ImageCro
Other listed node names are ImageResize+_legacy-0283ce4, IPAdapterAdvanced, IPAdapterUnifiedLoader, KSampler, LoadImage, SaveImage, VAEDecode, and VAEEncode.

Configuration

The listed base model is SDXL 1.0.
No license information is listed.

Cautions

The title is “Colorize with Reference,” while the description calls it “[FLUX] Vintage Anime Filter” and the listed base model is SDXL 1.0. Check the workflow details to confirm what it does and which model it uses.
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Sources

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civitai.com/models/840783

Verified Jul 20

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Source context: 268 downloads · Type Workflows · Base model SDXL 1.0