Free Image Color Extractor

Pulling a palette out of an image

A palette taken from the artwork itself is what makes a page look deliberate instead of assembled. Extract the real colours, then pick one or two as accents rather than using all of them at once.

Building a palette that works

1. 1

   Extract, then discard

   An extractor returns the dominant colours, not a good palette. Most of them are near-identical shades of the same tone.

2. 2

   Check contrast before you commit

   A colour that looks good as a swatch can be unreadable as text. Verify contrast against the background you will actually use.

3. 3

   Keep one accent, not five

   One strong accent plus neutrals reads as intentional; five equal colours reads as noise.

Colour extraction questions

Does this give me a usable design palette?

It gives you the dominant colours. Choosing which two or three to use is the design decision, and no extractor makes it for you.

Are the colours accurate?

They are sampled from the actual pixels, so they are accurate for the image as compressed, which can differ slightly from the originals.

Is my image uploaded?

No. The colours are sampled in your browser, so the image is never uploaded anywhere.