Create and find colour palettes online based on an image

HAVE you ever been in a situation where you really liked the colours of an image and wanted to figure out what colours were in that image, so that you can use those colours for a project (a home decoration thingie or for a website design of a costume design maybe!). If the answer is yes, then you were (unknowingly) looking for the colour palette of the image.

Well if you are still the same fun and creative person (I know you are!), then this must be your lucky day. I present you colorhunter.

Colorhunter creates colour palettes based on an online image that you choose or an image that you upload. You can also enter a preferred hex code or a tag and see what colorhunter makes out of it!

I entered the tag Tree and was very pleased with the results!

Create color palettes online

So how does colorhunter do it? Well, I dug into the FAQ and I found some interesting things.

How do I find color palettes on Color Hunter?
To find color palettes on Color Hunter, enter a search term in the box at the top of the page. You can search by tag or hex color code or image URL. If you have an image, you can upload it and get a color palette based on the colors in the image.

Where do the images on Color Hunter come from?
When you search for color palettes by tag, ColorHunter.com searches Flickr.com via Flickr’s API for images labeled with the tag you entered. The thumbnails of the Flickr images are used to create a color palette. ColorHunter.com uses the Flickr API but is not endorsed or certified by Flickr.

How do I add a color palette to my favorites?
To add a color palette to your favorites, first create an acount and then click on the ‘add to favorites’ link next to the palettes your like.

Please read their whole FAQ to learn about other related issues.

And last but not the least, because I like this tool soooooo much, I wanted to figure out how I can create a color palette based on an online image without having to go over to colorhunter over and over again. And because I love all my readers even more, I am going to share the secret with you all. But under one condition, do make a comment and say how you like the method. Your comments always drive me to be a better blogger.

To follow the tutorial, you will need Firefox and you also need the following link:

Color Palette Generator Bookmarklet

Step by Step Tutorial

1. Click the above link and copy the whole code.
2. Open a new Notepad file and paste the code.
3. Save the Notepad file as ColorPaletteGenerator.html . Just write ColorPaletteGenerator.html in the “Save” dialogue box and the html file will be created.
4. Now open the html file ColorPaletteGenerator in Firefox.
   You will see the hyperlinked words Generate Color Palette in the window.
5. Place the cursor over the link; drag and drop the link in the Bookmarks Toolbar of your Firefox. Your new bookmarklet will be created.

Now every time you want to create a color palette based on an online image, open the sourcepage of the image. (An image url always ends with .jpg, .gif etc. and the page contains nothing but the image). Then simply click your new bookmarklet (it says “Generate Color Palette)

Enjoy the colours! :D