Create a Color Palette from Photos You Take

To create a color palette from photos you take, save the colors you choose as separate captures, keeping each swatch with its source photo. Color Hunt Game: Color Finder lets you build that collection one capture at a time. It does not automatically extract a multicolor palette from an image or process a batch of photos.

1. Give your palette a purpose

Choose what the palette should help you make: a sketch, a room mood board, a photo series, or a record of an afternoon. Start with three colors instead of collecting every shade you see. For example, pair a cream wall with an olive leaf and a brick-red planter. Give each color a job: a quiet background, a main color, and a small accent. Use the table as a starting brief, then adapt the choices to your project.

2. Save your first color in Free hunt

Open Free hunt on the home screen to choose your own colors. Aim the camera at your subject and drag the reticle onto the area you want to collect. Try the middle of a broad patch; the app samples a small area around the reticle. Check the displayed swatch and name, then tap the shutter. Each capture saves a sampled color, its assigned name, a photo, and the capture time. Open the saved entry from Palettes to check that the photo and swatch are the pair you intended.

3. Add colors from photos already on your phone

To use an existing photo, open a hunt, tap the photo icon, and select an image. Drag the reticle to a color and save a capture. For another color from the same photo, move the reticle and capture again; each save counts toward the Free hunt allowance. Close the hunt and reopen it before selecting a different image. Selecting a second image within the same open hunt can leave the earlier photo visible while the app samples the new one. Check each saved result before continuing.

4. Keep a color palette journal

Use Palettes as your visual color palette journal. Daily and Free hunt captures are grouped by the month you save them; themed and Theme War captures go into their respective groups. Open an entry for its photo, color, date, and time. Keep written context in your phone’s notes app, using the date and color name to connect it to the capture. Try: ‘Olive leaf beside the cream wall; use this pair for the sketch background.’ Color Hunt has no journal text editor or custom album naming.

5. Review the set before adding more

Look at the swatches together and ask what your project needs. If every color feels equally strong, try a quieter shade in your working selection. If two colors do the same job, keep the one whose photo better explains your idea. Record these choices in your companion note or final layout; the app has no custom palette rearrangement editor. Return to the source photos for overlooked details before adding another nearly identical shade.

6. Plan a color photo collage challenge

Try this six-photo brief: choose three colors and photograph two subjects for each. For cream, olive, and brick red, pair a wall with fabric, a leaf with a painted door, and a planter with a book cover. Arrange the collage in three columns, one color per column, with two subjects stacked. Keep the same color order in both rows. Can you recognize the palette even though the objects change? If you save all six as Free hunt captures without Pro, spread them across at least two days.

7. Export a Color Hunt palette poster

In Palettes, find your group and choose Square poster or Story poster. The exported PNG combines a color strip with a photo mosaic. It uses the group’s newest captures, showing up to 12 in square format or 20 in story format; the group’s total count can exceed the number pictured. There is no photo checklist or manual ordering step. Use this for an overview of a month or theme, and inspect the finished image before saving or sharing it through your phone’s available destinations.

8. Make a collage with your chosen photos

For the six-photo challenge, use your originals in a separate collage editor to choose the exact set. In Google Photos on Android, select up to six photos, then tap Create and Collage. Choose a template and adjust the photos; touch and hold a photo, then drag it to another slot to change the order. Tap Save when the layout is ready. Keep a short note alongside the collage listing the three colors and their intended use.

9. Know the free limits before building a long journal

Free hunt allows three captures per day without Pro, including repeated samples from one photo. The daily hunt and six-color monthly hunt are also available without Pro; these give you target colors to find. The free archive opens your newest 30 captures, and calendar browsing covers the current month. Pro removes the Free hunt limit and opens the full archive and other calendar months. Standard posters carry Color Hunt branding; Pro removes it and provides higher-resolution exports. Account for these limits when planning a long journal.

10. Keep originals and back up your journal

Keep original photos in your photo library: Color Hunt saves a cropped image with each capture. In Settings, choose Export backup and keep the resulting file somewhere you can find again. It contains saved captures and their stored photos. Only import backup files you created yourself. Reopen the app after starting a journal and check that your entries remain: if device storage is unavailable, captures can last only for the session even after a success message. Save important originals and notes independently of the app.