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Color Picker

Pick colors instantly with a free online Color Picker tool. Upload an image or use the selector below to extract and identify colors in seconds.

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Free Online Color Picker

Easily pick and extract colors from images online in seconds. No installation or plugins required. Simply upload your image to instantly identify exact color values, including HEX and RGB, and generate a ready-to-use color palette.

Why choose our Color Picker?

You can instantly extract and identify colors from any image directly in your browser, securely and ad-free.
Developers can use our API to programmatically analyze images and retrieve predominant color data automatically.

AI-powered Transformations

More than compressing your GIFs. Generative Fill, Generative Object Removal and Generative Replace are just a few examples of how AI can enhance and customize images, providing flexibility in content creation.

Image Enhancement

Whether it’s 3D animations, interactive product displays or real time filtering, Cloudinary’s API gives you a lot of image enhancement features. Developers can easily make older images look great again!

Performance Optimization

Automatic optimization guarantees that images are delivered in the highest quality and most suitable format for the user’s device, browser, or connection. Whether it’s JPG, GIF, PNG, HEIC or any other image format the most efficient format is automatically selected for optimal performance.

Batch extract colors from images

Use our tool to analyze multiple images and extract their color palettes in seconds, or sign up for our API to automatically retrieve predominant color data across all your images at scale.

Workflow Automation

Create automated workflows with preset configurations to save time and ensure that files are automatically transformed and ready for delivery right after upload.

Image Formats Versatility

Go beyond GIF with support for cutting-edge formats like WEBP, JXL and AVIF. These advanced formats ensure that your visual assets are delivered with the best combination of quality and efficiency.

How to use the Color Picker

Use the Color Picker in 3 simple steps, or sign up for Cloudinary to programmatically analyze images and retrieve color data at scale.

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Add your images

Upload or drag and drop your images into the browser

Start Picking Colors

Start extracting precise color values from your images instantly with our online Color Picker.

Download your color palette

Once the analysis is complete, download your extracted color palette and copy the exact color values for immediate use.

Explore Beyond GIF Compression

A woman and a golden retriever in the mountains. They're sitting, facing away from the camera while the dog noses the woman. They're surrounded by natural splendor including majestic mountains, puffy clouds, and evergreen-studded hills.
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A woman and a golden retriever in the mountains. They're sitting, facing away from the camera while the dog noses the woman. They're surrounded by natural splendor including majestic mountains, puffy clouds, and evergreen-studded hills.
The same asset cropped using the following settings: Aspect Ratio: 1:2. Crop Mode: Content-Aware.
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18 MB

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The original asset:
JPEG
135 KB
WebP
135 KB
AVIF
90 KB
JPEG XL
94 KB
The image after being optimized using the following settings: Quality: Auto. Width: 1000px.
Original
18 MB

We’re showing a resized version of the original asset to avoid slow loading speeds. View the original.

The original asset:
JPEG
135 KB
WebP
135 KB
AVIF
90 KB
JPEG XL
94 KB
The image after being optimized using the following settings: Quality: Auto. Width: 1000px.
Images
Videos
Quality
Width
An un-cropped image overlaid with a croppingai window showing how it would be cropped by Cloudinary.
An arrow pointing from the original asset to the cropped asset
The same asset cropped using the following settings: Aspect Ratio: 1:1. Crop Mode: Content-Aware.
Images
Videos
Crop Mode
Aspect Ratio
The original image:
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The personalized image:
The original image:
The personalized image:
Product Photos
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Full length video: Surfing Trip
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A shorter video preview generated by Cloudinary's AI using the following settings: Duration: 15 seconds. Max Clips: 9. Min Clip Length: 1 second.
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/ar_0.5,c_fill,g_auto,w_433/q_auto/f_auto/hiking_dog_mountain.jpg
cloudinary.image("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg", {transformation: [
  {aspect_ratio: "0.5", gravity: "auto", width: 433, crop: "fill"},
  {quality: "auto"},
  {fetch_format: "auto"}
  ]})
new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));
new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));
new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));
new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));
CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg").image(transformation=[
  {'aspect_ratio': "0.5", 'gravity': "auto", 'width': 433, 'crop': "fill"},
  {'quality': "auto"},
  {'fetch_format': "auto"}
  ])
(new ImageTag('hiking_dog_mountain.jpg'))
	->resize(Resize::fill()->width(433)
->aspectRatio(0.5)
	->gravity(
	Gravity::autoGravity())
	)
	->delivery(Delivery::quality(
	Quality::auto()))
	->delivery(Delivery::format(
	Format::auto()));
cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .aspectRatio("0.5").gravity("auto").width(433).crop("fill").chain()
  .quality("auto").chain()
  .fetchFormat("auto")).imageTag("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg");
cl_image_tag("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg", transformation: [
  {aspect_ratio: "0.5", gravity: "auto", width: 433, crop: "fill"},
  {quality: "auto"},
  {fetch_format: "auto"}
  ])
cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation()
  .AspectRatio("0.5").Gravity("auto").Width(433).Crop("fill").Chain()
  .Quality("auto").Chain()
  .FetchFormat("auto")).BuildImageTag("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
cloudinary.image('hiking_dog_mountain.jpg').transformation(Transformation()
	.resize(Resize.fill().width(433)
.aspectRatio(0.5)
	.gravity(
	Gravity.autoGravity())
	)
	.delivery(Delivery.quality(
	Quality.auto()))
	.delivery(Delivery.format(
	Format.auto())));
imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation()
  .setAspectRatio("0.5").setGravity("auto").setWidth(433).setCrop("fill").chain()
  .setQuality("auto").chain()
  .setFetchFormat("auto")).generate("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)
MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .aspectRatio("0.5").gravity("auto").width(433).crop("fill").chain()
  .quality("auto").chain()
  .fetchFormat("auto")).generate("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg");
cloudinary.image('hiking_dog_mountain.jpg').transformation(Transformation()
	.resize(Resize.fill().width(433)
.aspectRatio(0.5)
	.gravity(
	Gravity.autoGravity())
	)
	.delivery(Delivery.quality(
	Quality.auto()))
	.delivery(Delivery.format(
	Format.auto())));
cloudinary.image {
	publicId("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
	 resize(Resize.fill() { width(433)
 aspectRatio(0.5F)
	 gravity(
	Gravity.autoGravity())
	 })
	 delivery(Delivery.quality(
	Quality.auto()))
	 delivery(Delivery.format(
	Format.auto())) 
}.generate()
new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));

Frequent Asked Questions:

An online color picker is a tool that allows you to extract and identify specific colors from an image directly in your browser. You can instantly retrieve exact color values such as HEX and RGB without installing any software.

The online color picker analyzes your uploaded image and detects the color values of the selected pixels. It can also identify predominant colors to help you generate a consistent color palette quickly and accurately.

Yes, our online color picker is completely free to use. You can upload an image and extract color values instantly without creating an account.

Yes. Developers can use Cloudinary’s API to analyze images and retrieve predominant color data programmatically, making it easy to integrate color detection into applications and workflows.

The online color picker provides commonly used color formats such as HEX and RGB, making it simple to copy and use colors in web design, branding, or development projects.