Color palette from photo
Upload any image and extract its dominant colors as a shareable palette. Everything runs in your browser — your image never leaves your device.
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A room photo, Pinterest screenshot, fabric swatch, or anything with colors you love
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How to use color palettes in interior design
A cohesive color palette is the foundation of any well-designed room. When your wall color, furniture upholstery, textiles, and accessories share an underlying palette, the space feels intentional and harmonious rather than random. Professional interior designers always start with a palette before selecting a single piece of furniture.
The best palettes come from images that inspire you. A photo of a hotel lobby you loved, a Pinterest board of your dream kitchen, a fabric swatch from a cushion that caught your eye, or even a landscape photograph can all be rich sources of color harmony. Extracting the dominant colors gives you a concrete starting point instead of vague impressions.
Interior designers often follow the 60-30-10 rule when applying a palette: 60% of the room uses the dominant color (typically walls and large furniture), 30% uses a secondary color (upholstery, curtains, rugs), and 10% is an accent (throw pillows, artwork, decorative objects). This ratio creates visual balance without monotony.
AI tools like Decori take this further by letting you see your actual room transformed into a complete design that uses your chosen palette. Instead of imagining how sage green walls and warm oak furniture would look in your living room, you can upload a photo and see it rendered photorealistically in seconds.
Frequently asked questions
How does the color palette extractor work?
The tool uses k-means clustering, a machine learning algorithm, to analyze every pixel in your image and group similar colors together. It identifies the 5-6 most dominant color clusters and returns them as a clean palette with hex codes and descriptive color names. Everything runs in your browser — your image is never uploaded to a server.
Can I use this with a photo of a room I want to redesign?
Absolutely. Upload a photo of a room you admire — from Pinterest, a magazine, or a hotel you stayed in — and extract its palette. Then use those colors as a reference when shopping for paint, furniture, or decor. Or try Decori to see your actual room redesigned in a matching style.
How do I find paint colors that match my palette?
Take the hex codes from your extracted palette and enter them into paint brand color matchers. Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, and Farrow & Ball all have online tools that convert hex codes to their closest paint color match. Most home improvement stores can also match a hex code in their paint mixing system.
Is this tool free?
Yes, completely free with no signup required. Your image never leaves your browser — all processing happens locally on your device. You can extract as many palettes as you want and download or share the results.