From cc6aa247e41b25ba43c1fddac0d48ec8b1da771d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Muenkel" <25496279+fmuenkel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:14:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix test_image.py

---
 manim/mobject/types/image_mobject.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/manim/mobject/types/image_mobject.py b/manim/mobject/types/image_mobject.py
index f03541cd1f..5358f877bd 100644
--- a/manim/mobject/types/image_mobject.py
+++ b/manim/mobject/types/image_mobject.py
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ def get_pixel_array(self) -> PixelArray:
         """A simple getter method."""
         return self.pixel_array
 
+    def init_colors(self) -> None:
+        """Override base init_colors to avoid overwriting image pixels during init."""
+        return None
+
     def set_color(  # type: ignore[override]
         self,
         color: ParsableManimColor = YELLOW_C,

From 183191c4397972f290a5cb2c909646e1bc20e604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Muenkel" <25496279+fmuenkel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:30:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Make test_invert_image use the full range of possible RGB
 values

---
 manim/mobject/types/image_mobject.py | 4 ----
 tests/module/mobject/test_image.py   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/mobject/types/image_mobject.py b/manim/mobject/types/image_mobject.py
index 5358f877bd..6a462d0265 100644
--- a/manim/mobject/types/image_mobject.py
+++ b/manim/mobject/types/image_mobject.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 )
 from ...utils.images import change_to_rgba_array, get_full_raster_image_path
 
-__all__ = ["ImageMobject", "ImageMobjectFromCamera"]
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Self
 
@@ -35,8 +33,6 @@
 
     from manim.typing import PixelArray, StrPath
 
-    from ...camera.moving_camera import MovingCamera
-
 
 class AbstractImageMobject(Mobject):
     """
diff --git a/tests/module/mobject/test_image.py b/tests/module/mobject/test_image.py
index ef00eb75b9..584068bd45 100644
--- a/tests/module/mobject/test_image.py
+++ b/tests/module/mobject/test_image.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", [np.uint8, np.uint16])
 def test_invert_image(dtype):
     rng = np.random.default_rng()
-    array = (255 * rng.random((10, 10, 4))).astype(dtype)
+    array = (np.iinfo(dtype).max * rng.random((10, 10, 4))).astype(dtype)
     image = ImageMobject(array, pixel_array_dtype=dtype, invert=True)
     assert image.pixel_array.dtype == dtype