Extract image colors

Get the dominant color palette from an image.

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What it is for

Extracting an image’s palette means analysing all its pixels and grouping the most present tones to return the colours that define it. It is the quick way to answer the question of what colours this photo actually contains.

It is used mostly in design. When building a website, a presentation or a poster around a particular image, taking the colours from the image itself keeps the whole thing harmonious. It also helps recover a brand’s colours when all that survives is the logo as an image and nobody knows where the original codes are.

The tool returns the six dominant colours ordered by frequency, with their HEX code ready to copy into any design program or stylesheet.

How it works

  1. Upload the image you want to pull a color palette from.
  2. Click "Process": the tool analyzes the pixels and groups the most frequent tones.
  3. Click any color in the list to copy its HEX code.

When to use it

Designing over a photo

Choosing text and button colours from the background image makes the result look coherent.

Recovering brand colours

If only the PNG logo remains, extracting its colours returns the exact codes to reuse.

Colour inspiration

A photograph you like is an excellent starting point for a palette you already know works.

Practical tips

  • It works especially well with logos and flat-colour illustrations, where tones are clearly separated.
  • In photographs with many nuances, similar colours are grouped into one: it is a summary, not an exhaustive inventory.
  • If you care about the palette of a particular area, crop that part before analysing it.
  • Check the contrast between extracted colours before using them for text on a background, because being harmonious does not make them legible.

Frequently asked questions

How many colors does the tool return?

The image's 6 dominant colors, ordered from most to least frequent.

Does it work well on logos with flat colors?

Yes, it works especially well on logos and illustrations with solid colors; in photos with many shades, it groups similar tones together.

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