A team page where every portrait sits on the same teal, a set of product shots on your brand’s sand color, a speaker photo that matches the event poster: all of these start with the same job. You need the subject cut out and placed on one exact solid color, and a browser can do both.

The short answer

Open Backgrounds Remover, drop in your photo, and wait for the cutout. Under Background, choose Color, then set your color in the picker, typing the hex code if your browser’s picker has a field for it. The preview updates instantly without re-running the AI model. Download the PNG and check the edges on the new color.

Step by step

  1. Open the background remover and drop, choose, or paste the photo. JPEG, PNG, and WebP work, and usually AVIF, GIF, and BMP too.
  2. The first time, your browser downloads the AI model (about 176 MB) and caches it. Later photos in the same visit skip that download, and so do later visits while your browser keeps the model.
  3. When the cutout appears, choose Color under Background. It starts on a dark teal.
  4. Click the color swatch and set your color. The subject is redrawn over it on your device each time you change it, so trying several colors is quick.
  5. Select Download PNG, or choose JPG under Format first for a smaller file and select Download JPG. The file name includes the hex code of the color you chose, for example photo-background-1d4ed8.png, which makes the version easy to find later.

The photo is processed on your device and never uploaded. Photos above 16 megapixels are scaled down to 16 megapixels first.

Getting the exact hex color

A hex code writes a color as six hex digits after a #, like #1d4ed8, and most brand guidelines list one for each brand color. The Color option uses your browser’s built-in color picker, and MDN’s reference for the color input notes that its look “may vary substantially from one browser and/or platform to another.” Some pickers show a text field where you can type or paste the code; others open the operating system’s color window, which may offer a hex or RGB field. Whatever the picker looks like, the value it hands back is stored as a # and six lowercase hex digits, such as #1d4ed8.

If your guideline lists only a CMYK or Pantone value for print, ask whoever owns the brand for the screen version rather than converting it by eye, since print and screen colors are defined differently.

To confirm the result, open the downloaded PNG in any editor, use the eyedropper on a corner, and compare the reading with your code.

Choose a color that makes the subject stand out

A background color has to match your design and also separate the subject from its surroundings. The second part is the one people forget.

  • Light subject, darker background. A white shirt, a silver laptop, or a light gray sweater reads clearly on navy, charcoal, or a deep brand color.
  • Dark subject, lighter background. Dark hair, a black jacket, or a black product needs a pale color, or its outline sinks into the background.
  • Avoid colors the subject already wears. A red mug on a red background turns into a floating handle.
  • Mind the thumbnail. Profile pictures and grid images are often shown small. Shrink your preview and check that the outline is still obvious.
  • Test more than one. Switching is instant, so try each brand color and keep the one where the edge looks cleanest.

Keep a set of images consistent

  • Record the hex code next to the project files, and paste it into the picker each time instead of choosing by eye, which rarely lands on the same shade twice.
  • Use the file name as a label. Since each download carries its hex code, a mismatched image in a folder of twenty stands out immediately.
  • Match the photos too. Shoot the set in similar light and export them at the same Size, such as 1080 x 1080, so every subject is fitted to the same square.
  • Run the set as one batch. Choose or drop up to 20 photos at once, and the same color, Format, and Size apply to every one. Download all (ZIP) saves the whole set, each file named the same way as a single download, hex code included.
  • Export the variants you need in one go. Choosing Transparent, White, or Color reuses the same cutout, so while the image is still on the page you can download a transparent PNG for later design work and the colored version for immediate use.

When White is the better choice

Choose White when a marketplace or an application form asks for a white or plain background, when the image will sit on a white page and you want the subject to blend into the layout, or when you are not sure how the image will be reused. The guide to product photos on a white background covers the marketplace rules and how to check for pure white. For portraits on CVs and profiles, see headshot and profile photo backgrounds. And if the image is heading into a slide or document with its own background, keep it transparent: cutouts for slides and documents explains why.

Check the edges on the new color

A new color shows flaws that a checkerboard hides. The soft edge pixels around hair or fuzzy fabric are blended with your color, and any trace of the old background inside them can show as a pale or dark outline. The stronger the difference between the old background and the new color, the easier the outline is to see.

In our tests on September 17, 2026, a studio portrait kept clean hair edges, but a little of the original background stayed next to a large dark object at the edge of the frame. On a transparent PNG that leftover is easy to miss; on a bright color it shows as a patch. A flat logo on white came out with clean edges, and the enclosed gap inside its check mark became transparent too, so your chosen color shows through there as well. That is usually what you want, but check it if the gap was meant to stay white.

Zoom to full size and follow the outline. If you find a halo, fix halos and rough edges in a free editor using the transparent PNG, then place it on your color there.

Limits to know

  • Solid colors only. There is no gradient, pattern, or photo background. For those, download the transparent PNG and build the background in an image editor.
  • No manual brush or free crop. If the AI model keeps or drops something it should not, touch it up in an editor. The only crop is a square from the Size option.
  • Up to 20 images per batch. A larger set takes more than one batch, and the ZIP gives every image in it the same background.
  • Hard subjects stay hard. Fine hair, fur, glass, smoke, and scenes with several subjects can come out imperfect, and a strong color can make flaws easier to see.

Have a brand color ready? Put your photo on a colored background in your browser, then check the edges before you publish it.