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Art Color Palette Generator: Get the Colors From Your Image, Then See Matching Rooms
Upload a painting, print or photo and get its color palette with HEX and RGB codes in a second. Then scroll down: we rank 600+ real rooms by how their wall color works with your palette and show your art already hanging in each one.
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How it works
Upload your art
Any JPG, PNG or WEBP. The colors are read in your browser and nothing is uploaded.
Copy the palette
Choose 4 to 8 colors, copy HEX codes or CSS, or download a palette card for Pinterest or your listing.
See matching rooms
Rooms whose walls echo, contrast with or calmly frame your colors, with your art on the wall. Open any of them in the editor.
How to choose a wall color for your art
There are three reliable ways to pair a wall with a piece of art, and the room results are sorted into them. An echo wall picks up one of the art's own colors, usually a quieter version of a secondary color rather than the main one, so the piece looks like it belongs to the room. A contrast wall sits opposite one of the art's colors on the color wheel, for example a deep green wall behind art with warm pinks and corals, which makes those colors look stronger. A neutral wall, white, ivory, greige or charcoal, steps back and lets the art carry all the color.
Value matters as much as hue. Light, airy art can fade into a white wall, while the same piece glows on charcoal or navy. Dark, moody art needs a lighter wall or a mat to separate it. That is why the tool weighs light and dark contrast, not only matching hues, when it ranks rooms.
Once you have a wall in mind, check the size too. The wall art size calculator works from your wall and furniture measurements, and the frame visualizer lets you try frames and mats in colors pulled from the same palette.
Ways to use your art's color palette
Print sellers use the palette to style listing photos: choose a room whose wall echoes the art and the whole image looks planned. Interior stylists use the HEX codes to brief paint matching at a store, or to pull cushions and throws that repeat an accent from the art. Artists use it to keep a series consistent, or to name a collection by its colors.
Screen colors are a starting point, not a paint chip. A HEX code shows how the color looks in your image file, and paint looks different under daylight and warm bulbs. Take the code to a paint store's color match, then test a sample patch on the wall before you commit.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get a color palette from an image?▾
Upload the image above. The tool groups similar pixels into 4 to 8 main colors with k-means clustering in a perceptual color space, then lists each color's HEX and RGB code and how much of the image it covers. Click any copy button, or download the palette as a PNG card.
Is my image uploaded anywhere?▾
No. The palette and the room previews are made in your browser. Your image only leaves your device if you choose to open a room in the editor.
What wall color goes with my art?▾
Look at the rooms the tool ranks first. In general, a wall that repeats a quiet secondary color from the art feels cohesive, a wall in a contrasting hue makes the art's colors stronger, and a neutral wall lets the art lead. Light art usually needs a darker or warmer wall to stand out, and dark art a lighter one. Click a color in your palette to see only walls close to that shade.
Why does the palette show fewer colors than I expected?▾
Colors that cover less than about 2% of the image are dropped as noise, and very similar shades are merged. Choose 8 colors to split the art into finer groups, which brings out smaller accents.
How accurate are the matching rooms' wall colors?▾
Each room's wall color was measured from the open wall area of the photo, so the code next to a room is the wall as it appears in that photo, including its lighting. Treat it as a guide to the color family rather than an exact paint match.
Is the art shown at its real size in the rooms?▾
Every room has a measured wall width, and your art is shown at a typical size for that wall, about a third of its width, at your image's proportions. The size is listed under the main preview. In the editor you can set the exact size, add a frame and try other rooms.