Color Detection¶
Color detection is performed while indexing using a 3x3 thumbnail that covers the top, bottom, and center of an image e.g. https://demo.photoprism.app/library/browse?color=green.
Standard Colors¶
The following color names can be used when searching for pictures:
| ID | Name | Code | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Black | #000000 |  |
| 1 | Brown | #795548 |  |
| 2 | Grey | #9E9E9E |  |
| 3 | White | #FFFFFF |  |
| 4 | Purple | #9C27B0 |  |
| 5 | Gold | #FFDF00 |  |
| 6 | Blue | #3F51B5 |  |
| 7 | Cyan | #00BCD4 |  |
| 8 | Teal | #009688 |  |
| 9 | Green | #4CAF50 |  |
| A | Lime | #CDDC39 |  |
| B | Yellow | #FFEB3B |  |
| C | Magenta | #FF00FF |  |
| D | Orange | #FF9800 |  |
| E | Red | #F44336 |  |
| F | Pink | #E91E63 |  |
Color Examples¶
This overview shows additional examples of matching color codes:
| ID | Name | Code | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Black | #000000 |  |
| 1 | Brown | #A1887F #8D6E63 #A07F6C #9B7B5B #75645B #795548 #6D4C41 #5D4037 #9B6136 #C1A487 #AA8062 #6B5546 #B4B59C #B2B49B |               |
| 2 | Grey | #E0E0E0 #9E9E9E #757575 #616161 #424242 #847A72 #DFE0E1 |        |
| 3 | White | #FFFFFF #E4E4E4 #E7E7E7 |    |
| 4 | Purple | #F3E5F5 #E1BEE7 #CE93D8 #BA68C8 #AB47BC #9C27B0 #9B318F #86007E #8E24AA #7B1FA2 #6A1B9A #4A148C #AA00FF #EDE7F6 #D1C4E9 #B39DDB #9575CD #7E57C2 #5E35B1 #673AB7 #512DA8 #4527A0 #311B92 #B388FF #7C4DFF #8E6493 #5E3A5E #440E79 #483678 #4E3880 #3B0E79 |                                |
| 5 | Gold | #EDDEAC #E8B451 #C08A3E #A27D4b #755531 #D19327 #DEA253 #D5AA6F #F5EAD4 |          |
| 6 | Blue | #3F51B5 #C5CAE9 #5C6BC0 #3949AB #303F9F #283593 #1A237E #536DFE #3D5AFE #304FFE #2196F3 #BBDEFB #90CAF9 #64B5F6 #42A5F5 #1E88E5 #1976D2 #1565C0 #0D47A1 #82B1FF #448AFF #2979FF #2962FF #03A9F6 #B3E5FC #81D4FA #4FC3F7 #29B6F6 #039BE5 #0288D1 #0277BD #01579B #80D8FF #40C4FF #00B0FF #0091EA #607D8B #78909C #546E7A #37474F #E4EBFD #7DD3EA #076399 #28446B #4AC8F5 #0800F4 #012D5F |                                                |
| 7 | Cyan | #B2EBF2 #80DEEA #4DD0E1 #26C6DA #00B8D4 #00BCD4 #00ACC1 #0097A7 #00838F #006064 #84FFFF #18FFFF #00E5FF |              |
| 8 | Teal | #009688 #00897B #00796B #00695C #045D5C #245A5F #03454F #2C545E #174741 |          |
| 9 | Green | #E8F5E9 #C8E6C9 #ABC7B0 #A5D6A7 #81C784 #66BB6A #4CAF50 #43A047 #388E3C #2E7D32 #1B5E20 #F1F8E9 #DCEDC8 #C5E1A5 #AED581 #8BC34A #9CCC65 #7CB342 #689F38 #558B2F #33691E #B9F6CA #69F0AE #00C853 #00E676 #CCFF90 #B2FF59 #76FF03 #64DD17 #DDD579 #EEECA2 #244E3B #9A9D47 #BEBD76 #5C5A30 #B3C16C #ACA783 #474C25 #CDD087 #796D41 |                                         |
| A | Lime | #F0F4C3 #E6EE9C #DCE775 #D4E157 #CDDC39 #C0CA33 #AFB42B #EEFF41 #C6FF00 #AEEA00 |           |
| B | Yellow | #FFF9C4 #FFF59D #FFF176 #FFEE58 #FFFF8D #FFFF00 #FFD54F #FFCA28 #E3CE81 #D1AF52 #EEBB2B #D3A83A #C5A702 #9F8201 #E8CE03 |                |
| C | Magenta | #FF00FF #E500E5 #F000B5 #CE009B #C0055B #B00085 #A82863 #5B002F #4B0121 #860225 #CB023D #64071A #9E0047 #DC7ACF |               |
| D | Orange | #FF9800 #FFA726 #FB8C00 #F57C00 #EF6C00 #FF9100 #FF6D00 #FD9A31 #7D2704 #FD571F #F86704 #FD9A00 #FE8A00 #F19652 #E58347 #C94C30 #9F5601 #FA6801 #F9A825 #BB723D |                     |
| E | Red | #FF5252 #F44336 #EF5350 #E53935 #F6292E #FC252D #D32F2F #C62828 #BA2830 #B71C1C #D50000 #DB0806 #CF0904 #D81A14 #CC1708 #D80807 #DE2616 #EE240F #A1211F #701219 #511218 #491114 |                       |
| F | Pink | #FCE4EC #FDC8EB #E79FA6 #F8BBD0 #F48FB1 #FF80AB #FF4081 #F50057 #F06292 #EC407A #E91E63 #D81B60 #C2185B |              |
HCL vs HSL¶
Our color library stores colors in RGB and provides methods to convert them to different color spaces, including HCL and HSL:
Color Profiles¶
sRGB is the standard color space used when generating thumbnails. An ICC color profile for wide-gamut displays can optionally be embedded.