diff --git a/src/app/script/graphics_context.cpp b/src/app/script/graphics_context.cpp
index 4b6e2244a..9cfc1af85 100644
--- a/src/app/script/graphics_context.cpp
+++ b/src/app/script/graphics_context.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,36 @@
 namespace app {
 namespace script {
 
+void GraphicsContext::color(gfx::Color color)
+{
+  switch (m_formatHint) {
+    case doc::PixelFormat::IMAGE_GRAYSCALE:
+      // Underlying SkSurface's color type is kR8G8_unorm_SkColorType, then we
+      // must transform the color to set R to the gray level and G to the
+      // alpha level.
+      color = gfx::rgba(gfx::getr(color), gfx::geta(color), 0);
+      break;
+    case doc::PixelFormat::IMAGE_INDEXED: {
+      // Underlying SkSurface's color type is kAlpha_8_SkColorType, then we
+      // must transform the color to set Alpha to the corresponding index.
+      int i = get_current_palette()->findExactMatch(gfx::getr(color),
+                                                    gfx::getg(color),
+                                                    gfx::getb(color),
+                                                    gfx::geta(color), -1);
+      if (i == -1) {
+        i = get_current_palette()->findBestfit(gfx::getr(color),
+                                              gfx::getg(color),
+                                              gfx::getb(color),
+                                              gfx::geta(color), -1);
+      }
+
+      color = gfx::rgba(0, 0, 0, i);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  m_paint.color(color);
+}
+
 void GraphicsContext::fillText(const std::string& text, int x, int y)
 {
   if (auto theme = skin::SkinTheme::instance()) {
@@ -59,7 +89,7 @@ void GraphicsContext::drawImage(const doc::Image* img, int x, int y)
     return;
   }
 
-   drawImage(img, img->bounds(), gfx::Rect(x, y, img->size().w, img->size().h));
+  drawImage(img, img->bounds(), gfx::Rect(x, y, img->size().w, img->size().h));
 }
 
 void GraphicsContext::drawImage(const doc::Image* img,
@@ -429,7 +459,23 @@ int GraphicsContext_set_antialias(lua_State* L)
 int GraphicsContext_get_color(lua_State* L)
 {
   auto gc = get_obj<GraphicsContext>(L, 1);
-  push_obj(L, color_utils::color_from_ui(gc->color()));
+
+  const gfx::Color gcColor = gc->color();
+  app::Color color;
+  switch (gc->formatHint()) {
+    case IMAGE_GRAYSCALE:
+      color = app::Color::fromGray(gfx::getr(gcColor), gfx::geta(gcColor));
+      break;
+    case IMAGE_INDEXED: {
+      const int i = gfx::geta(gcColor);
+      color = app::Color::fromIndex(i);
+      break;
+    }
+    case IMAGE_RGB:
+    default:
+      color = color_utils::color_from_ui(gcColor);
+  }
+  push_obj(L, color);
   return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/script/graphics_context.h b/src/app/script/graphics_context.h
index 3ef65526e..9037c04a3 100644
--- a/src/app/script/graphics_context.h
+++ b/src/app/script/graphics_context.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "doc/palette.h"
+#include "doc/pixel_format.h"
 #include "gfx/path.h"
 #include "os/paint.h"
 #include "os/surface.h"
@@ -31,12 +32,26 @@ private:
   };
 
 public:
-  GraphicsContext(const os::SurfaceRef& surface, int uiscale) : m_surface(surface), m_uiscale(uiscale) { }
-  GraphicsContext(GraphicsContext&& gc) {
+  GraphicsContext(const os::SurfaceRef& surface,
+                  int uiscale,
+                  doc::PixelFormat formatHint = doc::PixelFormat::IMAGE_RGB)
+    : m_surface(surface), m_uiscale(uiscale), m_formatHint(formatHint) { }
+  GraphicsContext(const GraphicsContext& gc) {
+    m_surface = gc.m_surface;
+    m_font = gc.m_font;
+    m_paint = gc.m_paint;
+    m_palette = gc.m_palette;
+    m_path = gc.m_path;
+    m_saved = gc.m_saved;
+    m_formatHint = gc.m_formatHint;
+    m_uiscale = gc.m_uiscale;
+  }
+  GraphicsContext(GraphicsContext&& gc) noexcept {
     std::swap(m_surface, gc.m_surface);
     std::swap(m_paint, gc.m_paint);
     std::swap(m_font, gc.m_font);
     std::swap(m_path, gc.m_path);
+    m_formatHint = gc.m_formatHint;
     m_uiscale = gc.m_uiscale;
   }
 
@@ -68,7 +83,7 @@ public:
   void antialias(bool value) { m_paint.antialias(value); }
 
   gfx::Color color() const { return m_paint.color(); }
-  void color(gfx::Color color) { m_paint.color(color); }
+  void color(gfx::Color color);
 
   float strokeWidth() const { return m_paint.strokeWidth(); }
   void strokeWidth(float value) { m_paint.strokeWidth(value); }
@@ -133,6 +148,10 @@ public:
     return m_uiscale;
   }
 
+  doc::PixelFormat formatHint() const {
+    return m_formatHint;
+  }
+
 private:
   os::SurfaceRef m_surface = nullptr;
   // Keeps the UI Scale currently in use when canvas autoScaling is enabled.
@@ -142,6 +161,8 @@ private:
   gfx::Path m_path;
   std::stack<State> m_saved;
   doc::Palette* m_palette = nullptr;
+  // Pixel format hint about the underlying pixels wrapped by m_surface.
+  doc::PixelFormat m_formatHint = doc::PixelFormat::IMAGE_RGB;
 };
 
 } // namespace script
diff --git a/src/app/script/image_class.cpp b/src/app/script/image_class.cpp
index 3628e04a0..fdc955c16 100644
--- a/src/app/script/image_class.cpp
+++ b/src/app/script/image_class.cpp
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@
 #include "app/script/blend_mode.h"
 #include "app/script/docobj.h"
 #include "app/script/engine.h"
+#include "app/script/graphics_context.h"
 #include "app/script/luacpp.h"
 #include "app/script/security.h"
 #include "app/site.h"
 #include "app/tx.h"
 #include "app/util/autocrop.h"
 #include "app/util/resize_image.h"
+#include "app/util/shader_helpers.h"
 #include "base/fs.h"
 #include "doc/algorithm/flip_image.h"
 #include "doc/algorithm/flip_type.h"
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "doc/primitives.h"
 #include "doc/sprite.h"
 #include "render/render.h"
+#include "ui/scale.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -54,6 +57,11 @@ struct ImageObj {
   doc::ObjectId celId = 0;
   doc::ObjectId tilesetId = 0;
   doc::tile_index ti = 0;
+
+#if LAF_SKIA
+  std::unique_ptr<GraphicsContext> context = nullptr;
+#endif
+
   ImageObj(doc::Image* image)
     : imageId(image->id()) {
   }
@@ -742,6 +750,23 @@ int Image_get_cel(lua_State* L)
   return 1;
 }
 
+int Image_get_context(lua_State* L)
+{
+#if LAF_SKIA
+  auto* obj = get_obj<ImageObj>(L, 1);
+
+  if (!obj->context) {
+    auto surface = wrap_docimage_in_surface(obj->image(L));
+    obj->context = std::make_unique<GraphicsContext>(surface, ui::guiscale(), obj->image(L)->pixelFormat());
+  }
+
+  push_obj(L, *obj->context);
+  return 1;
+#else
+  return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 const luaL_Reg Image_methods[] = {
   { "clone", Image_clone },
   { "clear", Image_clear },
@@ -774,6 +799,7 @@ const Property Image_properties[] = {
   { "colorMode", Image_get_colorMode, nullptr },
   { "spec", Image_get_spec, nullptr },
   { "cel", Image_get_cel, nullptr },
+  { "context", Image_get_context, nullptr },
   { nullptr, nullptr, nullptr }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/app/util/shader_helpers.cpp b/src/app/util/shader_helpers.cpp
index 660a1b3f6..c003080d7 100644
--- a/src/app/util/shader_helpers.cpp
+++ b/src/app/util/shader_helpers.cpp
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 
 #if LAF_SKIA
 
+#include "os/skia/skia_surface.h"
+
 #include "include/core/SkSurface.h"
 #if SK_ENABLE_SKSL
-  #include "include/effects/SkRuntimeEffect.h"
   #include "src/core/SkRuntimeEffectPriv.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -111,6 +112,11 @@ sk_sp<SkSurface> wrap_docimage_in_sksurface(const doc::Image* img)
     img->rowBytes());
 }
 
+os::SurfaceRef wrap_docimage_in_surface(const doc::Image* img)
+{
+  return os::SurfaceRef(new os::SkiaSurface(wrap_docimage_in_sksurface(img)));
+}
+
 } // namespace app
 
 #endif // LAF_SKIA
diff --git a/src/app/util/shader_helpers.h b/src/app/util/shader_helpers.h
index 1ee9729de..23c0b5bc7 100644
--- a/src/app/util/shader_helpers.h
+++ b/src/app/util/shader_helpers.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "app/color.h"
 #include "gfx/color.h"
+#include "os/surface.h"
 
 #include "include/core/SkCanvas.h"
 #include "include/core/SkImage.h"
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ SkImageInfo get_skimageinfo_for_docimage(const doc::Image* img);
 sk_sp<SkImage> make_skimage_for_docimage(const doc::Image* img);
 std::unique_ptr<SkCanvas> make_skcanvas_for_docimage(const doc::Image* img);
 sk_sp<SkSurface> wrap_docimage_in_sksurface(const doc::Image* img);
+os::SurfaceRef wrap_docimage_in_surface(const doc::Image* img);
 
 } // namespace app
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/image.lua b/tests/scripts/image.lua
index 6fb2dc054..f94d5fb8a 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/image.lua
+++ b/tests/scripts/image.lua
@@ -534,3 +534,91 @@ do
                     2, 3 })
 
 end
+
+-- Test Image.context
+do
+  -- Draw onto an indexed image
+  do
+    local spec = ImageSpec{
+      width=3, height=4,
+      colorMode=ColorMode.INDEXED,
+      transparentColor=1 }
+
+    local img = Image(spec)
+    local gc = img.context
+    if gc then
+      expect_eq(gc.width, 3)
+      expect_eq(gc.height, 4)
+
+      gc.color = Color{ index=2 }
+      local c = gc.color.index
+      gc.strokeWidth = 1
+      -- Setting blendMode to BlendMode.SRC will make GraphicsContext's painting
+      -- behave correclty for indexed images.
+      gc.blendMode = BlendMode.SRC
+      gc:rect(Rectangle{0,0,1,1})
+      gc:stroke()
+
+      expect_img(img, { c, c, 1,
+                        c, c, 1,
+                        1, 1, 1,
+                        1, 1, 1 })
+    else
+      skipped("GraphicsContext unavailable")
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- Draw onto a grayscale image
+  do
+    local spec = ImageSpec{
+      width=3, height=4,
+      colorMode=ColorMode.GRAY }
+
+    local img = Image(spec)
+    local gc = img.context
+    if gc then
+      expect_eq(gc.width, 3)
+      expect_eq(gc.height, 4)
+
+      gc.color = Color{ gray=2, alpha=255 }
+      local c = gc.color.grayPixel
+      gc.strokeWidth = 1
+      gc:rect(Rectangle{0,0,1,1})
+      gc:stroke()
+
+      expect_img(img, { c, c, 0,
+                        c, c, 0,
+                        0, 0, 0,
+                        0, 0, 0 })
+    else
+      skipped("GraphicsContext unavailable")
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- Draw onto an RGB image
+  do
+    local spec = ImageSpec{
+      width=3, height=4,
+      colorMode=ColorMode.RGB }
+
+    local img = Image(spec)
+    local gc = img.context
+    if gc then
+      expect_eq(gc.width, 3)
+      expect_eq(gc.height, 4)
+
+      gc.color = Color(2,0,0,255)
+      local c = gc.color.rgbaPixel
+      gc.strokeWidth = 1
+      gc:rect(Rectangle{0,0,1,1})
+      gc:stroke()
+
+      expect_img(img, { c, c, 0,
+                        c, c, 0,
+                        0, 0, 0,
+                        0, 0, 0 })
+    else
+      skipped("GraphicsContext unavailable")
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/scripts/test_utils.lua b/tests/scripts/test_utils.lua
index 0a7c4c2c7..8a5c0b303 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/test_utils.lua
+++ b/tests/scripts/test_utils.lua
@@ -288,3 +288,13 @@ function assert_slices_eq(expectedSlices, slices)
     end
   end
 end
+
+-- Prints a message indicating that the current test was skipped along with
+-- a level 2 debug traceback.
+function skipped(reason)
+  local msg = "Test skipped"
+  if reason then
+    msg = msg .. ": " .. reason
+  end
+  print(debug.traceback(msg, 2))
+end