Inkscape Color Thief

Overview

This Inkscape extension allows you to generate swatches from the predominant colors within an image. It utilizes the color-thief-py library created by Shipeng Feng.

Installation instructions

To install the Inkscape Color Thief extension, follow these steps:

1. Download the following files:

   • color_colorthief.inx
   • color_colorthief.py
   • colorthief.py

2. Place these files into your Inkscape user extension folder, which can be found at the following locations:

   • On Linux: ~/.config/inkscape/extensions
   • On Windows: %AppData%/inkscape/extensions
   • On macOS: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/org.inkscape.Inkscape/config/inkscape/extensions

Pro tip: You can conveniently download the entire project as a zip file by clicking the green Code button and selecting Download ZIP, or by visiting this link: Download Inkscape Color Thief.

Usage

To use this extension, follow these simple steps:

1. Open a raster image in Inkscape (prefer Embed, Link sometimes screws the original image).
2. Select the image.
3. Navigate to Extensions in the menu, and then choose Color and then Color Thief... from the dropdown.
4. Specify the number of colors you desire. Duplicated colors will not be added to the swatches.

License

Copyright 2023 - Gianluigi Tiesi This software is distributed under the terms of the BSD license. For more details, please refer to the LICENSE file.