Anodic oxidation and electrolytic coloring of aluminum surface are continuously studied due to their versatile applications. In this work, aluminum surface was anodically anodized in H2SO4 for different time 10, 20, 30, 45 and 60 min. and colored by two types of metals Sn and Ni. Electrodeposition of Sn and Ni ions was carried out from sulphate salts based electrolyte using a cell of working electrode and stainless steel auxiliary electrode. The bath of Sn composed of SnSO4, 5-sulfosalysilic acid, while the bath of Ni composed of NiSO4, MgSO4, H3BO3 and MgCl2. Also, a co-deposition of both Sn and Ni was carried out at different ratios of electrodeposition time (tSn/tNi) 2/8, 3/7, 5/5, 7/3, and 8/2. XRD, EDX and atomic absorption analysis were used to reveal the composition of oxide layer, contents of deposited metals and metal density per surface area. Linear polarization was studied in 0.5 M HCl and Tafel plots were plotted. Optical characteristic of each surface was measured using spectrophotometer, where the absorbance of Sn colored surface was detected at 1.3 within the range of visible region.