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Lately, I been reading quite some more manwha cause of their good stories. But
I can't help but notice that manwha use a lot more colored pages, sometimes
even fully colored volumes. Or just all pages color, why are color pages more
commonly used in manwha then manga? Is there a specific reason for this?


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Why do manwha more oftenly have colored pages then manga?


There's the so called WebToon, which is most likely the one you refer to (and
you are reading). Frankly speaking, printed color pages are not cheap. They
cost a lot more than B&W page and are difficult to print correctly. With
webtoons there's no such thing as "printing", everything is done digitally.

Manwha that is done in B&W completely due its distribution method (printed)
which you will not see color pages (like Chevalier of the Absis, or ID which
has some color pages as bonus), there's also webtoons that could be printed
later on (like The Breaker/NW) and there are those that are not printed
(almost all webtoons).

Is difficult to see a Manwha (or any printed media) in full color. The only
case I know of is To Love る which is released later on after the black and
white pages are released.

Is a matter of cost of distribution of the media, which is cheap for webtoons
so artist can offer color pages.

* * *

In the example you gave, "Magician" by Kim Sarae, this is an original webtoon
that is published using
[Naver](http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=24965).

  * [A list of manwha that are in full color (MU)](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?perpage=50&category=Full%2bColor&type=manhwa&orderby=rating): ~250 titles
  * [All kind of manwha (full color and B&W) (MU)](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?page=5&orderby=rating&perpage=50&type=manhwa): ~1500 titles

There are lots of black and white Manwha, just that are more difficult to find
since they are distributed physically.


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Long time ago before when there was no internet yet in this world, I always
found Chinese comics (maybe weekly comics because they were thin) in full
colour. I don't know why, but probably it's because of tradition.

In contrast, manga have no colours probably because of the Japanese mentality
- they don't like to waste money etc. I'm saying this because, in national
universities, even the copy paper there uses recycle papers. Not to mention
the shounen magazines etc, that one's quality of paper is terrible, that's why
they can sell a thick shounen magazines considerably cheap.


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Actually, most manhwa aren't colored either. Along with some webtoons, only a
few manhwa are colored.

* * *

The reason they aren't colored is because it takes a long time to create manga
and manhwa, and it's a lot more expensive if each page is colored. Most of the
creators start working alone without any financial support, thus making
colored pages very difficult. Western comics are mostly made by large
companies like DC or Marvel, and these companies have enough resources to make
colored comics quickly.

**Additional Resources:**  
If you'd like to confirm that manhwa is usually black and white,
[MyAnimeList](http://myanimelist.net/topmanga.php?type=manhwa.) has a list of
manhwas for reference.

[MyOtakuWay](http://www.myotakuway.com/t208-diferenca-entre-manhwa-mangas-e-
manhua.) explains the difference between manga and manwa.

Searching for manga on [MyAnimeList.net](http://myanimelist.net/manga.php)
will let you see that most have just one author, not a campany or a staff.

Finally, [ComicList](http://www.comiclist.com/index.php) is a list of comics
where you can see that they are made by a company.


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