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Product Colour Variant Generator

Create red, blue, black and other colour variants of one product photo by shifting hue and saturation on a selected region. Free, private, in-browser.

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How to use the Product Colour Variant Generator

  1. 1Upload one product photo, ideally a cut-out on white or transparent.
  2. 2Click the product colour to sample it and adjust the tolerance until the mask covers the whole area.
  3. 3Tick the variants you need: red, blue, green, black, white or custom hex colours.
  4. 4Preview each variant and download one, or all as a ZIP.

One product, six colours, one afternoon of photography per colour: that is the maths that keeps small sellers from listing their full range. The Product Colour Variant Generator collapses it. Shoot one clean sample, then change product colour in photo form without a reshoot: create the red, blue, green, black and white versions your supplier offers, each as a separate image ready for a variant listing. It is a targeted hue shift image tool, not a filter over the whole picture.

How it works

  1. Upload one product photo, ideally on a white or transparent background.
  2. Click on the product colour you want to replace. The tool samples it and builds a mask of every pixel within the tolerance you set, so you can grow the selection until the whole panel is covered without bleeding into the background.
  3. Tick the variants to generate: red, blue, green, black, white, or add custom colours by hex code.
  4. Preview each variant; the mask preview shows exactly which pixels will change.
  5. Download a single variant or the whole set as a ZIP with the colour name in each file name.

Under the hood each variant is a hue and saturation shift applied only inside the mask, with lightness preserved. That is why stitching, shading and highlights survive: a fold in a red T-shirt is still a fold in the blue one. Black and white are handled as desaturate-and-darken or desaturate-and-lighten, since a pure hue rotation cannot produce them. The result is a way to recolour product image files that keeps them looking photographed.

Why it matters

Variant listings are how marketplaces group your sizes and colours under one page, and each product colour variant needs its own image.

  • Shopify allows up to 100 variants per product and shows the variant image when a colour is selected.
  • Amazon variation families work the same way: each child ASIN needs a main image that shows that colour on pure white (RGB 255, 255, 255).
  • Etsy listings with variations sell better when the photo matches the option chosen.

Generating variants from a single photo means one photoshoot, consistent framing across the family, and the ability to list a colour before the stock arrives.

Tips

  • Sample from a mid-tone area of the product, not a highlight or a deep shadow, so the tolerance mask grows evenly.
  • Increase tolerance in small steps and watch the mask preview; when the background starts to tint, step back.
  • Neutral or mid-saturation source colours recolour best. A pure white product cannot become red convincingly because there is no saturation to shift, so shoot the most saturated colour you have as the master.
  • Match the exact brand shade by picking it from a supplier swatch with the Image Colour Picker or pulling the dominant tones of a reference photo with the Colour Palette Extractor.
  • Remove the background first with the Background Remover so the mask never has to fight a coloured backdrop, and finish with the Photo Enhancer if a variant needs a touch more contrast.
  • Be honest: variants must resemble the real product, so compare against a physical sample before publishing.

Privacy

Masking and recolouring run in your browser with the Canvas API. Your images never leave your browser, and nothing is stored once you close the page.

Frequently asked questions

Will the recoloured product look realistic?

For most fabrics, plastics and painted surfaces, yes, because only hue and saturation change while shading and highlights are preserved. Very dark, very light or metallic products recolour less convincingly since they carry little colour to shift. Always compare against a physical sample before publishing a variant.

How do I stop the background from changing colour?

Lower the tolerance until the mask preview stops touching the background, and sample from a mid-tone area of the product. The cleanest solution is a transparent cut-out from the Background Remover, because then there is no background for the mask to leak into.

Can I make a black or white variant?

Yes. Black and white are treated differently from other colours: the mask is desaturated and then darkened or lightened, since a hue rotation cannot create either. A white variant from a dark source may look flat, so keep the source photo bright and well lit.

Can I add my own brand colours?

Yes. Add any hex code as a custom variant, for example a Pantone match supplied by your manufacturer. Pick exact values from a swatch photo with the Image Colour Picker or from a reference image with the Colour Palette Extractor, and the file name carries the colour name.

Is this allowed by marketplaces?

Recolouring is an editing technique, not a rule violation, as long as the image accurately represents the product you ship. Each variant must still follow the marketplace's main-image rules, such as Amazon's pure white background. Do not list a colour you cannot actually deliver.