Et ne nos inducas in tentationem

So a while ago I know I promised someone a tutorial on how I color my manga icons. It's basically how I color manga as a whole, so, why not.

General warning: Lots of pictures. I use Paint Shop Pro 9, but I'm pretty sure I don't use anything specific so that it should translate to other coloring programs.

We are going from to

( Saiunkoku Monogatari Manga is kind of ridiculously pretty )