Coolors

Coolors is a palette and color tool for exploring, creating, and previewing color schemes. Generate a palette with the spacebar, or search a library of more than 10 million palettes by color, style, topic, or hex value. The Image Picker pulls colors from photos; a collage maker and image converter handle related image tasks. For checking readability, the Contrast Checker calculates text and background contrast ratios. Palette Visualizer previews colors on designs, and other tools include a color picker, Tailwind color previews, and an AI Color Bot. Palettes can be exported as PDF, images, CSS, ASE, SVG, code, Tailwind, or embed. The free account allows up to 10 saved palettes, one project, one collection, and five favorite colors. Coolors is available on the web and iOS, with Figma, Adobe, and Chrome extensions. Coolors Pro costs $3 a month and adds unlimited saved palettes, projects, collections, and colors, palettes up to 10 colors, AI access, advanced exports, and ad removal.

Coolors suits homeowners and DIY painters who want to explore color combinations or pull a palette from a room or inspiration photo. Its preview and contrast tools may also help when planning colors for a design.

Free accounts can save up to 10 palettes, one project, one collection, and five favorite colors. Coolors Pro costs $3 a month and includes palettes up to 10 colors, while saved palettes, projects, collections, and colors are unlimited.

Coolors offers several ways to make and explore palettes, including photo extraction and design previews. The free account has clear saving limits; Pro costs $3 a month for expanded saving and other tools.

Overview

Coolors is a color palette generator for designers, creators and anyone looking to put together harmonious colors. For a homeowner planning a paint project, it can help explore combinations and identify colors to consider for a room or other design. It is a palette-planning tool, not a paint, stain or coating product: the listed features do not provide surface-specific advice or identify a paint product to buy.

One way to start a palette is to press the spacebar and generate a color scheme. You can also browse a library of more than 10 million palettes, searching by color, style, topic or hex value. If you have a photo to work from, the Image Picker extracts colors from it. Coolors also provides a collage maker and image converter.

The Palette Visualizer previews colors on designs, while a color picker, Tailwind color previews and AI Color Bot offer additional color-related tools. For checking readability, the Contrast Checker calculates ratios between text and background colors, which can help make digital content more accessible. These features support color exploration; they do not establish how a paint color will look on a particular wall, wood surface or coating.

Key features

• Generate and discover palettes: Create schemes with the spacebar or search the existing palette library by color, style, topic or hex value.
• Extract and preview color: Use the Image Picker to draw colors from a photo, then preview a palette on designs with Palette Visualizer.
• Check contrast: Calculate text-to-background contrast ratios with the Contrast Checker.
• Export palettes: Available formats include PDF, image, CSS, ASE, SVG, code, Tailwind and embed. Procreate is also listed as an export format.
• Save work: Free accounts can save up to 10 palettes, with 1 project, 1 collection and up to 5 favorite colors.
• Use related tools: Coolors also lists a collage maker, image converter, color picker, Tailwind color previews and AI Color Bot.

The homepage credits Fabrizio Bianchi as Coolors’ creator and maintainer.

Pricing

Coolors uses a freemium model with a free plan and Coolors Pro listed at $3 a month (billed $3 a month). The free account limits are up to 10 saved palettes, 1 project, 1 collection and up to 5 favorite colors.

Coolors Pro removes ads and includes palettes of up to 10 colors, unlimited saved palettes, projects, collections and colors, AI access and advanced exports. The page identifies Paddle as the provider for secure payment.

Platforms

Coolors is listed for web, iOS and extension use. Its homepage also lists a Figma plugin, Adobe extension and Chrome extension. These give users several ways to access the palette tools, though the listed platform details do not specify which individual features are available in each version.

Who it's for

Coolors may suit homeowners who want to explore color combinations before choosing paint or another finish, especially if they have an inspiration photo or want to compare existing palettes. Its image extraction, visual previews and export options can help organize ideas to discuss or carry into another design tool.

It is less suited to answering product-selection questions by itself. The stated features focus on palettes and digital color work, not paint coverage, surface preparation, finish, durability or matching a digital color to a physical sample. For a real painting project, treat a palette as a starting point and confirm product and color choices for the surface you plan to coat.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Palette generation and a large searchable palette library; color extraction from photos; design previews; contrast checking; several export formats; free accounts can save palettes and project work.
• Cons: Free accounts have limits on palettes, projects, collections and favorite colors; the listed tools do not provide surface-specific paint or coating guidance; the platform listing does not clarify feature availability by version.

Alternatives

For more options, browse Colour palette tools. Other listed palette and color tools include Pantone Connect Palette Generator, ColorDesigner, KColor, Color Palette Generator AI, ColorKit, Colorfool, Colora and Designsystemet Theme Builder.

Verdict

Coolors offers a broad set of ways to generate, discover, extract, preview, check and export colors, with a free plan for limited saved work and a paid Pro plan for expanded capacity and features. It can help a homeowner shape a color direction, but it should not be mistaken for paint-selection or surface-preparation advice. Use it to develop a palette, then verify the color and coating against the actual surface and product requirements.