Extract the dominant color palette from the visible area of any webpage or pick specific colors using a uploaded image

Latest Version

Version
1.6
Update
October 29, 2024
Size
132KiB
Developer
palettes.fyi
Category
Users
47
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
ActiveTab
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Palettes & Hues ? Extension

Palettes & Hues 🎨 is a powerful Chrome extension that instantly extracts the dominant color palette from the visible area of any webpage, it's a color picker for the most dominant colors on the page, Here's why it's a must-have tool for designers, developers, and color enthusiasts:

1. Instant Color Extraction: With a single click, capture the dominant colors with their HEX code and names, use color picker tool to create custom palette from visible area of any website you're viewing.

2. Real-Time Design Inspiration: Discover inspiring color combinations as you browse the web. Perfect for kickstarting your next design project or overcoming creative blocks.

3. Effortless Color Copying: Easily copy HEX codes with one click, streamlining your workflow and ensuring color accuracy in your projects.

4. Maintain Palette History: Easily load the previously captured palette with one click & copy Hex code from history.

5. Extract Colors from Image: Easily upload images and extract dominant colors or create a custom palette by picking colors from the image.

6. Export Color Palette: Easily export the captured palette with one click in multiple formats like JPG, PNG, CSV, JSON, CP (Color Palette)

7. Context-Aware Analysis: By focusing on the visible area, you get relevant color schemes based on what you're actually seeing, not hidden page elements.

8. Time-Saving Tool: Quickly analyze color schemes of competitor websites, study brand colors, or gather inspiration without leaving your browser.

9. User-Friendly Interface: Clean, intuitive design makes color extraction and analysis a breeze, even for non-technical users.

10. Privacy-Focused: Works locally in your browser without sending data to external servers, ensuring your browsing remains private.

11. Random Color Generation: Get a random generated to quickly get your color inspiration.

Whether you're a professional designer looking to streamline your workflow, a developer aiming for pixel-perfect color matching, or simply a color enthusiast exploring the web's palette, Palettes & Hues 🎨 is your go-to tool for instant color insights and inspiration.
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Source Manifest.json

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How to download and manually install Palettes & Hues ? extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Palettes & Hues ? extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Palettes & Hues ? extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Palettes & Hues ? extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Palettes & Hues ? extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Palettes & Hues ? extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Palettes & Hues ? Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Palettes & Hues ? extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Palettes & Hues ? extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Palettes & Hues ? extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Palettes & Hues ? extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Palettes & Hues ? extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Palettes & Hues ? extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Palettes & Hues ? extension file

Select and download the Palettes & Hues ? extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Palettes & Hues ? extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Palettes & Hues ? extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Palettes & Hues ? extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Palettes & Hues ? extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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