Colour palette from an image
See every colour in a design, how much of each there is, and what that means in vinyl before you buy it. Free, no signup, and nothing is uploaded.
A shopping list, not just a pretty strip
Most palette sites hand you five squares off a photo. This one answers the question a maker actually has: what do I need to buy, and how much? Give the finished size and every colour gets a real area, so the difference between "a whole sheet" and "a scrap" is on the screen before the order goes in.
The preview shows the design reduced to those flat colours, which is what it will look like cut in vinyl or printed in spot colour — usually a more honest picture than the original.
Why the palette matches the cut file
It runs the converter's own quantizer, the one that ignores anti-aliasing and blend bands. So the colours listed are the layers you will get, not a guess from a different algorithm that would leave you with seven layers when the list said five.
What you can take away
- SVG or PNG swatches — a labelled card with names, hex values and shares.
- GPL palette (Pro) — loads into Inkscape or GIMP as swatches, so you design in the same colours.
- CSV (Pro) — one row per colour with areas in mm² and in², for a spreadsheet or a supplier email.
Questions
Are these the same colours my cut file will have?
Yes. The palette comes from the same quantizer the converter uses, so the list here is the set of layers a layered SVG would come out with, in the same order. That is the point of doing it here rather than in a generic colour-picker site.
What is the area column for?
Buying vinyl. Give the size you will cut at and each colour gets a real area, so you can see that the background eats most of a sheet while the lettering needs a scrap. It is the area of the design itself, not a nesting plan: leave room for offcuts and mistakes.
Do the names match the colours my supplier sells?
No, and nothing could. "Forest" is a different green at every supplier. These are everyday English names to talk about the design with, plus the exact hex value to match against a swatch book.
Why did a colour I can see not appear?
Colours under half a percent of the design are left out, because at that size they are almost always anti-aliasing between two real colours rather than ink. Set the number of colours by hand if you want the design forced into an exact count.