Image Color Extractor samples an uploaded photo or UI screenshot and returns dominant HEX swatches you can turn into brand boards or starter design tokens.
Upload an image, choose how many colors to extract and whether you prefer diverse colors, then copy all swatches or download JSON for handoff.
Extraction runs in the browser, which helps when moodboards contain unpublished creatives.
What Image Color Extractor does
Pull a ranked set of colors out of an image.
- Image upload control
- Number of colors select (including a 12-color default)
- Extraction method select with a diverse option
- Copy all and download JSON actions
- Swatch display for the extracted set
Who Image Color Extractor is for
- Brand designers building palettes from photography
- Frontend developers matching an existing marketing site
- Illustrators sampling hues from reference art
- Marketers aligning ads to a product photo
How to use Image Color Extractor
1. Open Image Color Extractor on beeforge.dev.
2. Upload an image with the file control.
3. Set Number of Colors and Extraction Method.
4. Review swatches, then Copy all or Download JSON.
Features
- Configurable swatch count
- Method choice including diverse colors
- Bulk copy and JSON export
- Local sampling for draft assets
- Feeds palette and picker workflows afterward
Examples
- Extract eight colors from a product pack shot for a PDP theme.
- Sample a screenshot of a competitor UI to study their accent usage.
- Build a moodboard palette from a location photograph.
Tips and limits
- Compressed JPEGs can shift hues; prefer higher-quality sources.
- Dominant colors may include near-blacks from shadows; filter intentionally.
- Diverse mode helps avoid ten shades of the same blue.
- Always run contrast checks before using sampled colors for text.
Related tools
- Color Palette Generator to expand a sampled HEX into a harmony set
- Color Picker & Converter to convert extracted values across formats
- Image Cropper to crop the region you care about before sampling
FAQ
Is the image uploaded to a server?
Sampling is designed to run in your browser via the page scripts. Still avoid confidential assets on shared PCs.
What does diverse colors mean?
It biases toward a spread of hues rather than many near-duplicate shades when that method is selected.
Can I extract from SVG?
Rasterize or export a PNG/JPEG first if the uploader expects bitmap images.
Why are results muddy?
Busy photos average many pixels. Crop to the subject, then extract again.
Does JSON include RGB?
The download includes the swatch data structure produced by the tool; inspect the file after export.