Extract colours from an image and review the palette
Choose a useful photo, inspect dominant and accent colours and verify the palette in your actual design.
Quick answer
Use Color Viewfinder to turn a photo into a digital palette. The result reflects the image’s lighting and processing, so inspect the colours rather than treating every sampled value as an exact real-world match.
Step by step
Choose the image deliberately
Start with a photo that contains the mood or object you want to reference. Avoid a strong colour filter if you need a closer representation of the original.
Compare dominant and accent colours
Inspect large background areas as well as small details. Keep only colours that help the intended composition.
Copy and test the values
Use the available colour codes in your design tool and check them on the actual background. Save the source image with the palette.
A practical example
For a landscape-inspired web page, choose a background colour, a text colour and one accent. Check readability before using the accent for a button.
Before you use the result
Lighting, white balance, compression and displays affect photographed colour. A digital sample is not a physical paint specification or a guaranteed print match.