ImagePalette Module

The ImagePalette module contains a class of the same name to represent the color palette of palette mapped images.

Note

This module was never well-documented. It hasn’t changed since 2001, though, so it’s probably safe for you to read the source code and puzzle out the internals if you need to.

The ImagePalette class has several methods, but they are all marked as “experimental.” Read that as you will. The [source] link is there for a reason.

class PIL.ImagePalette.ImagePalette(mode='RGB', palette=None, size=0)[source]

Color palette for palette mapped images

getcolor(color)[source]

Given an rgb tuple, allocate palette entry.

Warning

This method is experimental.

getdata()[source]

Get palette contents in format suitable # for the low-level im.putpalette primitive.

Warning

This method is experimental.

save(fp)[source]

Save palette to text file.

Warning

This method is experimental.

tobytes()[source]

Convert palette to bytes.

Warning

This method is experimental.

tostring()

Convert palette to bytes.

Warning

This method is experimental.

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Need help?

You can seek realtime assistance via IRC at irc://irc.freenode.net#pil. You can also post to the Image-SIG mailing list. And, of course, there's Stack Overflow.

If you've discovered a bug, you can open an issue on Github.