Image Color Picker
Load an image, click any pixel and collect the exact colours with a magnifier.
Pick colours from an image
Hover: #ffffff
Picked: #ffffff
How to use the Image Color Picker
- Load an image file, drop one on the canvas or paste one.
- Hover to read the pixel under the cursor and check the magnifier.
- Click to add the colour to the palette, then copy the whole list.
Features
- Click to pick exact pixel colours from any image
- Magnifier showing the nine by nine pixel neighbourhood
- Running palette with hex, RGB and HSL values
- Drop or paste an image straight onto the canvas
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the free online image color picker.
Load, drop or paste an image, then click any pixel. The exact colour under the cursor is
added to the palette below the canvas.
It draws the nine by nine pixel neighbourhood around the cursor at ten times zoom, with a red
square marking the exact pixel you will pick.
Every entry keeps the hex value, the rgb() function and the hsl() function, so you can paste
whichever format your project needs.
Yes. Press Ctrl and V to paste a screenshot from the clipboard, or drag and drop an image
file straight onto the canvas.
The canvas samples the exact stored pixel. Other tools may sample a rendered area that has
been scaled, blended or colour managed on screen.
As many as you like. Each click adds an entry, and the newest pick appears first in the
palette list.
Press Copy list to put every pick on the clipboard as three columns of text, one line per
colour, ready to paste into notes or code.
No. The file is read with the browser FileReader API and drawn on a local canvas, so no pixel
ever leaves your device.
No. The full image is drawn at its own resolution and a click reads the single stored pixel,
so no compression or scaling is applied to that value.
Last updated: October 10, 2026