color-loader

color-loader

A webpack loader that extracts the color palette for an image

Installation

npm install --save file-loader color-loader

color-loader has a peer dependency on file-loader, so we'll need to make sure we have that installed.

Usage

This loader is designed to be a drop-in replacement for file-loader. It will output the path to the provided image, along with information about the colors in the image. It features support for JPEG, PNG, GIF, and SVG files.

import image, {color, colors} from 'color-loader!./path/to/image.jpg';

• image is the image path generated by the file loader
• color is the most dominant color in the image
• colors is an array of the dominant colors in the image

You can use it in your webpack configuration, too! This means that all images that you import or require will always return the colors extracted from the image.

{
  // ...your awesome webpack config options
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.(jpg|png|gif|svg)$/,
        use: 'color-loader'
      }
    ]
  }
}

Options

color-loader takes no options, however because it implements file-loader, you can pass along any options you would normally pass to that loader. More information about file-loader here.

Example

This image:

Will result in these colors:

• #3a4f25
• #b37a5d
• #78993b
• #839795
• #8c472f

You could use it in a React component like this:

import image, {color} from './example.png';

const Component = () => (
 <div style={{
   backgroundColor: color, // #3a4f25
   backgroundImage: image
 }}>
   <h1>Hello world!</h1>
 </div>
);