Alternatives to ColorMagic

A free AI color palette generator that builds palettes from keywords, images or hex codes. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • ColorMagic

    A free AI color palette generator that builds palettes from keywords, images or hex codes.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as ColorMagic.

  • Khroma

    AI color tool that learns your preferences and generates personalized palettes.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Khroma is also a free AI palette tool but learns your preferences through an initial training step instead of using keywords or images.

  • Colormind

    A web color palette generator that uses deep learning to produce color schemes in one click.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Colormind uses deep learning to generate five-color palettes, lets you lock colors, and offers an API, though datasets change daily.

  • Huemint

    A web color palette generator that uses machine learning to create schemes for brands and websites.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Huemint uses machine learning to generate palettes and previews them on brand, website and illustration mockups rather than from text prompts.

  • Coolors

    Fast color palette generator for browsing and tweaking combinations.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Coolors generates palettes quickly with keyboard shortcuts and a large community library, without AI prompts, and puts some features behind a paid plan.

  • Picular

    Search-based color tool that finds dominant colors for any word.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Picular finds dominant colors for any searched word based on image search results, rather than generating a full AI palette.

  • Adobe Color

    A free web tool from Adobe for building color palettes from harmony rules, images and accessibility checks.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Adobe Color builds palettes from harmony rules and uploaded images, and adds a WCAG contrast checker and color blindness simulation.

Also worth comparing

These listings name ColorMagic as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Image Color Picker

    A web tool that picks colors and extracts palettes from uploaded images, pasted screenshots or URLs.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    ColorMagic is free and extracts palettes from uploaded images, and also generates AI palettes from text prompts or hex codes.

  • Poolors

    A web palette generator that suggests color combinations built from the colors designers use least.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    ColorMagic generates AI palettes from keywords, images or hex codes and adds a color mixer and gradient generator.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • Canva Color Palette Generator

    A free Canva web tool that extracts a color palette from an image you upload.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • ColorKit

    A free collection of web tools for generating color palettes and gradients, plus palette inspiration.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • ColorSpace

    A web tool that generates matching color palettes and gradients from a single color.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • Color Designer

    A suite of web tools for building palettes, gradients, shades and converting color codes.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb