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After Effects
Hextractor
Extract colors from text and layers into palettes, guides and swatches.
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HEXTRACTOR
Instantly extract hex color codes from text, layers, or images and generate color controls and color swatches in dedicated comps. Hextractor also allows you to save/load palettes so you can switch projects easily.
Extract Everything
Grab hex codes from pasted text, AE layers, or images. Then generate color controls automatically. No more manual typing or eyedropping. Perfect for pasting brand guides or email text.
Build Swatch Guides
Create color controls on a layer or build a comp with color swatches that have adjustable size and optional hex labels. Sort them by hue or lightness for clean, organized visuals. Perfect for reusing colors consistently across your project.
Save & Share Palettes
Save palettes for each client and load them back instantly. Share them with your team and stay consistent. No more "which red was that again?" moments.
Use Cases
- ✓ Paste a full brand guide or client email containing hex codes and grab all the colors instantly
- ✓ Build a color palette from selected layers or even images
- ✓ Quickly switch between color schemes (perfect for juggling multiple clients or projects)
- ✓ Share saved color palettes with your team
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Version History
1.2.4 -
Dec 2, 2025
- Button Reset Issue: Fixed a bug where the “Extract colors” button stayed stuck on “Add more colors” after using the Clear button. It now resets properly to “Extract colors” whenever the palette is cleared.
1.2.3 -
Dec 1, 2025
1.2.2 -
Nov 30, 2025
- Fixed Mosaic Error: Creating a color mosaic could fail with the message “Hextracted colors is not an unsigned integer.” This happened because the script was checking for existing comps using a string instead of a valid project index.
- Improved Comp Detection: The script now properly scans the project for existing mosaic comps by name before creating a new one. Mosaic generation is now stable and works every time.
1.2.1 -
Nov 7, 2025
- Guide Layer Colors: Guide layers now include all extracted colors — even near-white and near-black tones that were previously filtered out.
- Unique Guide Layer Names: Fixed an issue where multiple guide comps shared the same name (“Hextracted colors”). Each comp now gets an automatic unique name (“Hextracted colors”, “Hextracted colors 2”, “Hextracted colors 3”, etc.).
- Mosaic Mode: Guide layer creation now bypasses color exclusion filters, ensuring every extracted color is represented in the mosaic comp.
1.2.0 -
Oct 25, 2025
- Tabbed Interface: Replaced dropdown navigation with a cleaner tabbed UI.
- Manage Colors Window: Added the ability to add or remove colors directly from the current palette.
- Preset Management: You can now save, load, and update presets more flexibly.
- Extract to Existing Palette: The Extract button now allows appending colors to the current palette.
- Guide Layers: Generated guide comps are now automatically set as guide layers, so they don’t render in final outputs.
- Null Object Deletion: Fixed a bug where extracting colors from images would unintentionally delete user-created null objects.
- UI Resizing: Fixed an issue where the UI panel would resize each time the script was applied.
1.1.2 -
Jul 21, 2025
Resolved an issue where extracting colors from a selected layer linked to a multi-layer Illustrator or Photoshop file would incorrectly sample all layers instead of just the one used in the comp.
1.1.1 -
Jul 21, 2025
- Fixed an issue where some colors couldn't be deleted from the Manage Colors window.
- Simplified the interface for smoother and more efficient color management.
- Added sorting options to make it easier to compare and remove similar colors.
1.1.0 -
Jul 19, 2025
Manage Colors: You can now manually delete individual colors from your extracted palette.
Click the new "Manage Colors" button to open a dedicated panel where all current swatches are listed.
Each color shows its hex code and name, with a "X" button to remove it.
Helps you clean up noisy palettes and keep only what you actually need.
Because not every color deserves to make the cut.
1.0 -
Jun 18, 2025
Compatibility
After Effects
2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019