SVG Color Reducer

Reduce the colors in an SVG to the few you meant, and keep every path exactly as it was.

Drop in an SVG and the tool lists every color it contains; a traced or exported file usually carries far more than the design uses. Set a target count and it merges the near-duplicates into one palette. Screen printers, vinyl cutters and embroiderers use it to hit a color limit.

You get the same SVG with fewer colors, every path untouched, plus a PNG and the palette as a file. Fewer colors mean a smaller file and one shape per ink.

How to use it

1. Press Choose file Drop an SVG or press Try a sample. The palette appears at once with a count per color; a file from Illustrator or a tracer often carries dozens of near-identical fills.
2. Set Target colors Type the number your job allows: one screen per color, one sheet per color, one thread per color. Reduce to that exact number rather than a round one.
3. Pick the Algorithm Perceptual (CIEDE2000) merges by how different colors look and is the default. K-Means (Lab) and Median Cut split the space differently; try them when the default keeps the wrong shade.
4. Check Split Split puts the original beside the reduced file on the same artwork. Watch gradients and soft edges; that is where a reduction shows first. Lock a swatch to keep it.
5. Press Download SVG The paths are the same paths; only fill and stroke colors changed. Download PNG at up to 8× for a preview, Save palette for the codes.

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