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    Free Colour Palette Extractor

    Free palette extraction that stays local. Drop an image and get the dominant colours as hex codes you can paste into a brand kit or a generation prompt.

    • Looks paidActually free
    • No uploadRuns on your device
    • No accountNothing to sign up for
    • No watermarkYour file, untouched

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    Your files never leave your device

    Free to use, with no account, no usage limit and no watermark, because the work runs on your device rather than on our servers.

    This is not a promise about how carefully we handle your upload. There is no upload. The file you choose is read into memory by your own browser, processed there, and handed back as a download — the tool has no server component and makes no network request with your data.

    • Nothing is stored. We never receive the file, so there is no copy to retain, no retention period to disclose, and nothing to delete on request.
    • Nothing is transmitted. No upload endpoint, no analytics payload carrying file contents, no third-party processor.
    • You can verify it. Load this page, disconnect from the internet, and use the tool. It still works, because everything it needs is already on your machine.
    • Nothing persists after you close the tab. Files are held in page memory only — not in local storage, not in a cache, not in a database.

    A note on wording, because it matters: we do not describe these tools as “encrypted.” Encryption protects data that travels to somebody else's computer. Your file does not travel, so there is nothing to encrypt and nothing to intercept — which is a stronger guarantee than encryption, not a weaker one. The page itself is served over HTTPS like the rest of the site.

    This makes the tools safe for material you are contractually barred from uploading to third-party services — client footage under NDA, unreleased campaign assets, anything covered by a confidentiality clause.

    How it works

    1. 1. Drop a still

      Product shot, UI, or brand photo works.

    2. 2. Read the swatches

      Dominant colours appear as hex values.

    3. 3. Copy what you need

      Paste into design tools or a brand kit.

    Questions

    How are the colours chosen?

    Pixels are grouped into buckets of similar colour and the buckets are ranked by how many pixels fall into each, so what you get is the colours that occupy the most area rather than the ones that stand out most. A small, bright accent can therefore be absent from the list even though your eye goes straight to it.

    Can I use these hex codes in a prompt?

    Yes, and it works better than naming colours in words. Models respond more consistently to an explicit hex value than to 'warm beige', which different models resolve very differently. It is one of the cheapest ways to keep a series of generations visually consistent.

    How many colours does it return?

    Up to eight, ranked by how much of the image each one covers, with that share shown next to the swatch. All the hex codes are also listed together, comma-separated, so you can copy the whole palette in one go.

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    Everything on this page works on a file you already have, which is why it costs nothing. Generating something that did not exist (video from a prompt, a voice, a score) runs a model, and that costs credits.