What does the Color Lookup effect change?

Color Lookup performs a targeted color remap based on luminance, channel, or selected-color relationships, changing the intended hues while retaining source geometry. The strength control determines how much of that treatment replaces the unedited appearance.

Which photos work best with Color Lookup?

Choose Color Lookup for travel photographs with mixed colors, album artwork and editorial covers, or landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation when the source has clear detail and balanced exposure. Start with a lighter setting if it contains severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.

Color Lookup applied to the same source image — The same source image before and after applying Color Lookup.

Original source image before Color Lookup — The same source image before and after applying Color Lookup.

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Color Lookup creates a deliberate palette and tonal balance from the colors already present in the photo; tune the strength before exporting the finished image.

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Supported formats include JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG, HEIC, AVIF, TIFF, RAW, PSD. Maximum file size: 11 MB.

What you can do with the Color Lookup effect

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Apply the Color Lookup effect to any photo
Fine-tune the effect strength to taste
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Apply Color Lookup to many photos at once

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About the Color Lookup effect

Color Lookup remaps channel and luminance relationships while retaining the source geometry. Its intensity control blends the processed output with the uploaded pixels, so the edit can remain restrained or become the dominant look.

How to use Color Lookup

Upload a photo, adjust the Color Lookup intensity, compare its processed preview with the source, and download the finished result.

Why use the Color Lookup effect?

Color Lookup, tuned to your photo

Use the intensity control to balance the Color Lookup treatment with the detail and character of your original photo.

A fast Color Lookup workflow

A reduced Color Lookup preview keeps adjustments responsive. Free downloads are clean and web-size; Premium or a credit unlocks the original resolution.

Secure Color Lookup processing

Color Lookup uploads are processed on secure servers and automatically removed under the normal Pixoate retention policy.

How it works

Processing

Color Lookup runs as a classic image effect and does not use an AI action.

Best for

Color Lookup works best for travel photographs with mixed colors, album artwork and editorial covers, and landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation, especially when the source is sharp and well exposed.

Less suited to: Color Lookup is less reliable on severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.

Ways to use Color Lookup

Build travel photographs with mixed colors with the Color Lookup effect.
Use Color Lookup to prepare album artwork and editorial covers.
Try a lower-strength Color Lookup treatment for landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation.

Color Lookup questions

What does the Color Lookup effect change?: Color Lookup performs a targeted color remap based on luminance, channel, or selected-color relationships, changing the intended hues while retaining source geometry. The strength control determines how much of that treatment replaces the unedited appearance.
Which photos work best with Color Lookup?: Choose Color Lookup for travel photographs with mixed colors, album artwork and editorial covers, or landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation when the source has clear detail and balanced exposure. Start with a lighter setting if it contains severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.