Systems and methods of generating playful palettes from images

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• extracting, by a computer, a set of discrete colors from an input image;
• generating, by the computer, a self-organizing map from the set of discrete colors;
• performing, by the computer, clustering on the self-organizing map to generate a set of color clusters with corresponding average color values;
• replacing, by the computer, color values of pixels in the self-organizing map with color values of a corresponding color cluster of the set of color clusters to generate a cluster map;
• triangulating, by the computer, the clusters in the cluster map such that distances between pixel coordinates of the centroids of clusters are approximately equal;
• and
• generating, by the computer, a set of color blobs forming a playful palette by assigning the color values of the clusters in the cluster map to the set of color blobs and positioning the set of color blobs at the triangulated pixel coordinates of the centroids of the clusters, the playful palette containing a gamut limited to a blend of the set of discrete colors.

A system comprising:

• a non-transitory storage medium storing an input image;
• a processor coupled to the non-transitory storage medium and programmed to execute a set of instructions to:
• extract a set of discrete colors from the input image;
• generate an initial set of color blobs from a set of generated color clusters having corresponding average color values;
• generate a final set of color blobs;
• and
• automatically generate, using the final set of color blobs, a playful palette from the set of discrete colors, the playful palette containing a gamut limited to a blend of the set of discrete colors.