# Color Palette Extractor

Extract a beautiful color palette from any image

> Canonical page: https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/image-color-palette

- **Category:** Design

- **Keywords:** color, palette, extract, design, inspiration, image, theme, scheme, colors

## Overview

The Color Palette Extractor allows you to upload any image and automatically extract its dominant colors to generate a cohesive color palette. Perfect for designers, developers, and artists, this tool analyzes pixel data using advanced clustering algorithms to deliver precise color schemes in seconds.

## Inputs

- **Image File** (file): Upload an image to extract its color palette
- **Palette Size** (number): Number of colors in the palette (3-15)
- **Extraction Method** (select): Algorithm used for color extraction
- **Sort Order** (select): How to sort the colors in the palette
- **Sample Size** (number): Number of pixels to sample from the image
- **Skip White** (checkbox): Exclude white and near-white colors
- **Skip Black** (checkbox): Exclude black and near-black colors

## When to use

- When you need to extract a matching color scheme from a brand photo or product image for a web design project.
- When creating digital art or UI mockups and you want to base your color palette on a real-world photograph.
- When analyzing the dominant colors of an image while excluding background whites and blacks to focus on key accents.

## How it works

- Upload an image file in JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, or TIFF format.
- Configure your palette size from 3 to 15 colors and select your preferred extraction algorithm, such as K-Means Clustering or Median Cut.
- Choose whether to skip white or black pixels and set your sorting preference by dominance, brightness, or hue.
- Run the extractor to analyze the sampled pixels and generate a structured JSON output containing the color palette.

## Use cases

- Web designers extracting a cohesive UI color scheme from a client's hero image.
- Brand identity designers generating a consistent color palette from mood board photography.
- Frontend developers programmatically retrieving dominant image colors to dynamically style UI backgrounds.

## Frequently asked questions

### What image formats are supported for color extraction?

You can upload JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, and TIFF images up to 20MB in size.

### How does the K-Means Clustering algorithm work for color extraction?

It groups similar pixel colors together into clusters to find the most representative dominant colors in the image.

### Can I exclude background colors like pure white or black?

Yes, you can enable the 'Skip White' and 'Skip Black' options to filter out near-white and near-black pixels from the final palette.

### What is the maximum number of colors I can extract?

You can extract a palette containing anywhere from 3 to 15 colors.

### How are the extracted colors sorted in the output?

You can sort the colors by dominance (percentage of occurrence), brightness, or hue.

## Related tools

- [Image Color Extractor](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/image-color-extractor): Extract dominant colors from images using various algorithms including k-means clustering and histogram analysis
- [Image Color Picker](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/image-color-picker): Pick colors from images by specifying coordinates. Get color values in HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, and CMYK formats.
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- [Rotate Image by Arbitrary Angle](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/image-rotate-arbitrary): Rotate images by any arbitrary angle with options for background color and output format
- [Add Border to Image](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/image-add-border): Add customizable borders to images with various styles, colors, and widths
- [Add Glow Effect](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/image-add-glow): Add beautiful glow effects to images with customizable color, intensity, size, and style variations
- [Image Masking Effect](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/image-add-masking): Apply masking effects to images using shapes, gradients, or custom masks for creative compositions

## Samples

- [Web Image Processing Python Samples](https://elysiatools.com/en/samples/web-image-processing-python): Web Python image processing examples using PIL/Pillow including reading, saving, resizing, and format conversion
- [Web Image Processing TypeScript Samples](https://elysiatools.com/en/samples/web-image-processing-typescript): Web TypeScript image processing examples including image read/save, scaling, and format conversion
- [Android Image Processing Java Samples](https://elysiatools.com/en/samples/android-image-processing-java): Android Java image processing examples including reading/saving images, scaling, and format conversion
- [Android Image Processing Kotlin Samples](https://elysiatools.com/en/samples/android-image-processing-kotlin): Android Kotlin image processing examples including reading/saving images, scaling, and format conversion