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24 alternatives to Adaptive Backgrounds

Extract dominant colours from images

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Adaptive Backgrounds launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Vaunt▲167

   Extract dominant colors from any image for free

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Color Library▲116

   Automated color separation

   2016 · colorlibrary.ch · its alternatives →

3. 3
   PLTTS▲196

   Easily find a matching color palette.

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Colorful Gradients▲72

   1 CSS Gradient Background per second.

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Shade▲131

   Gradient explorer

   2015 · jxnblk.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Adaptive images▲117

   Deliver smaller images to smaller devices.

   2015 · adaptive-images.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Subtle Patterns▲53

   A plethora of background patterns for Photoshop

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Grade▲112

   Complementary gradients generated from images

   2016 · benhowdle.im · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Colour Lovers▲90

   Create and share color palettes

   2015 · colourlovers.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Color Palette Generator▲204

    Enter the URL of an image and find its color palette

    2015 · degraeve.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Backgroundifier▲96

    Turn oddly-sized images into beautiful desktop backgrounds

    2015 · backgroundifier.archagon.net · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Colors of Motion▲147

    Visualize the color of movies

    2014 · thecolorsofmotion.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AA
    An Algorithm to Generate Beautiful Color Palettes▲8

    2018 · chris.de · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Panchromatic▲65

    An original take on retro photography

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15CA
    ColorAyz – a small webapp for grayscale images colorization▲9

    2014 · colorayz.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    RGB - 9: Not the Prettiest Colour▲57

    Nerding out on the influentials gadgets and a Mac collection

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    ColorFavs▲115

    Generate color palettes from images, urls or randomly

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Four Shadows▲64

    Time-aware algorithm driven shadows for icons

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Color Brewer▲63

    Color Palettes for Cartography

    2015 · colorbrewer2.org · its alternatives →

20. 20RT
    Real time color previsualisation▲8

    2012 · blog.framebench.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Spectral▲6

    Browser based colour picker

    2014 · jxnblk.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Colores▲66

    Find color palette ideas via image search

    2014 · colores.manugarri.com · its alternatives →

23. 23CP
    Color Palette Generator▲8

    2024 · ozgrozer.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Introducing Framer Gradients▲15

    Where color meets motion

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →