Palette From Image: Extract Colors from a Photo
Find an image you love and want to build a design around its colors? This tool extracts the dominant hues from any image, giving you a starter palette grounded in actual photography or art.
Color extraction works by clustering all the pixels in an image into a small number of representative colors. The result is a palette that captures the 'feel' of the image β useful for designing around an inspiration photo, matching a product to a brand image, or building a website palette from a hero image.
Tips for usable palettes
- β’Start with images that have clear color stories β sunsets, brand photography, architectural shots
- β’Avoid noisy or over-saturated photos β the palette will look muddy
- β’Extract 5β8 colors; more than that gets repetitive
- β’Tweak the result manually β extracted palettes are starting points, not finished work
Extended FAQ
Why doesn't the extracted palette match what I see?
Algorithms cluster by similarity, so they may pick a 'representative' color from a region instead of the exact pixel you remember. Adjust manually if needed.
Are my images stored?
No. The colours are read from the image's pixels in the page. Only the swatches you copy leave it, and only because you copied them.