Provided are a coloring composition which makes it possible to providing a color filter having surface unevenness relieved; and a cured film, a color filter, a method for manufacturing the color filter, a solid-state imaging device, and an image display device, each of which uses the coloring composition. The coloring composition includes a colorant compound represented by General Formula (1), a curable compound, and a solvent, in which one of Ar1 and Ar2 is a group represented by General Formula (2), and the other of Ar1 and Ar2 is a hydrogen atom, a group represented by the following General Formula (2), or the like, R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like, R7 represents a monovalent substituent, R8 represents a halogen atom or the like, and p represents an integer of 0 to 4, R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms, or the like, and X1 to X3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like. The colorant compound represented by General Formula (1) has a counter anion inside and/or outside the molecule.