Python PIL | getcolors() Method

PIL is the Python Imaging Library which provides the python interpreter with image editing capabilities. The Image module provides a class with the same name which is used to represent a PIL image. The module also provides a number of factory functions, including functions to load images from files, and to create new images.

getcolors() Returns a list of colors used in this image.

Syntax: Image.getcolors(maxcolors=256)

Parameters:
maxcolors – Maximum number of colors. If this number is exceeded, this method returns None. The default limit is 256 colors.

Returns: An unsorted list of (count, pixel) values.

Image Used:

# importing Image module from PIL package
from PIL import Image

# opening a  image
im = Image.open(r"C:\Users\System-Pc\Desktop\lion.png").convert("L")

# getting colors
# multiband images (RBG)
im1 = Image.Image.getcolors(im)

print(im1)

Output:

[(38510, 0), (27, 12), (17, 21), (2, 24), (34, 26), (46, 39), (30, 41), (18, 48), (42, 50), (58, 62), (27, 67), (37, 73), (51, 79), (46, 85), (57, 90), (58, 101), (21, 104), (41, 111), (30, 117), (48, 123), (50, 130), (42, 135), (60, 143), (63, 149), (63, 155), (49, 162), (25, 165), (65, 169), (58, 178), (67, 184), (61, 193), (61, 195), (65, 204), (61, 208), (61, 215), (50, 221), (59, 225), (49, 232), (81, 235), (80, 244), (56, 247), (64, 252), (9835, 255)]

Another Example:Here changing image.

Image Used:

# importing Image module from PIL package
from PIL import Image

# opening a  image
im = Image.open(r"C:\Users\System-Pc\Desktop\new.jpg").convert("L")

# getting colors
# multiband images (RBG)
im1 = Image.Image.getcolors(im)

print(im1)

Output:

[(97, 0), (158, 1), (243, 2), (207, 3), (258, 4), (259, 5), (179, 6), (270, 7), (248, 8), (270, 9), (246, 10), (255, 11), (298, 12), (271, 13), (283, 14), (335, 15), (248, 16), (353, 17), (311, 18), (265, 19), (353, 20), (314, 21), (330, 22), (342, 23), (313, 24), (359, 25), (337, 26), (303, 27), (375, 28), (305, 29), (358, 30), (370, 31), (346, 32), (394, 33), (372, 34), (332, 35), (400, 36), (367, 37), (370, 38), (400, 39), (406, 40), (423, 41), (371, 42), (366, 43), (362, 44), (391, 45), (397, 46), (403, 47), (439, 48), (397, 49), (433, 50), (407, 51), (424, 52), (383, 53), (426, 54), (398, 55), (407, 56), (405, 57), (411, 58), (428, 59), (394, 60), (401, 61), (372, 62), (394, 63), (393, 64), (384, 65), (374, 66), (380, 67), (399, 68), (368, 69), (375, 70), (365, 71), (323, 72), (363, 73), (348, 74), (355, 75), (326, 76), (345, 77), (332, 78), (332, 79), (324, 80), (314, 81), (348, 82), (322, 83), (335, 84), (343, 85), (330, 86), (326, 87), (296, 88), (327, 89), (315, 90), (322, 91), (275, 92), (305, 93), (278, 94), (286, 95), (284, 96), (256, 97), (253, 98), (292, 99), (258, 100), (286, 101), (295, 102), (280, 103), (269, 104), (259, 105), (259, 106), (312, 107), (254, 108), (265, 109), (278, 110), (265, 111), (263, 112), (265, 113), (255, 114), (264, 115), (273, 116), (255, 117), (245, 118), (250, 119), (240, 120), (244, 121), (242, 122), (247, 123), (224, 124), (240, 125), (209, 126), (240, 127), (200, 128), (216, 129), (218, 130), (207, 131), (176, 132), (188, 133), (179, 134), (164, 135), (190, 136), (180, 137), (178, 138), (151, 139), (139, 140), (142, 141), (150, 142), (134, 143), (145, 144), (131, 145), (115, 146), (128, 147), (133, 148), (135, 149), (117, 150), (129, 151), (133, 152), (115, 153), (113, 154), (114, 155), (109, 156), (133, 157), (119, 158), (117, 159), (97, 160), (128, 161), (103, 162), (113, 163), (105, 164), (110, 165), (94, 166), (70, 167), (85, 168), (89, 169), (99, 170), (89, 171), (85, 172), (89, 173), (93, 174), (79, 175), (66, 176), (75, 177), (62, 178), (63, 179), (62, 180), (77, 181), (63, 182), (78, 183), (62, 184), (57, 185), (58, 186), (47, 187), (61, 188), (69, 189), (61, 190), (58, 191), (47, 192), (49, 193), (71, 194), (47, 195), (40, 196), (56, 197), (64, 198), (55, 199), (40, 200), (46, 201), (42, 202), (31, 203), (36, 204), (46, 205), (47, 206), (45, 207), (50, 208), (52, 209), (40, 210), (42, 211), (48, 212), (60, 213), (43, 214), (39, 215), (51, 216), (27, 217), (46, 218), (41, 219), (35, 220), (53, 221), (35, 222), (39, 223), (36, 224), (37, 225), (42, 226), (29, 227), (36, 228), (40, 229), (29, 230), (34, 231), (24, 232), (25, 233), (20, 234), (22, 235), (26, 236), (13, 237), (11, 238), (16, 239), (17, 240), (8, 241), (16, 242), (22, 243), (11, 244), (15, 245), (14, 246), (10, 247), (12, 248), (11, 249), (18, 250), (23, 251), (20, 252), (16, 253), (3, 254)]