Terms of service

1. Agreement

By using ColorFinders you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the site. They apply to every page and every tool here.

2. What the service is

ColorFinders is a set of free browser-based colour tools. There is no account, no subscription and no paid tier. The tools run as JavaScript inside your browser; this site does not process your images on a server. See the privacy policy for the detail.

3. Your content

You keep every right you already had in any image you open here. Nothing in these terms grants this site a licence to your images, because this site never receives them.

You are responsible for having the right to use the images you open. In particular, if you load an image by URL, you are responsible for that being a use the rights holder permits.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• use the site to break the law, or to infringe anyone's rights;
• attempt to bypass access controls on third-party servers through the URL loading feature, including hotlink protection, authentication or rate limits;
• attack the site or its host, including automated request floods, attempts to find or exploit vulnerabilities, or interference with other people's use;
• misrepresent the site's output as something it is not, particularly the approximate CMYK and colour-name results, which are labelled as approximate.

5. Accuracy and fitness

The colour values reported are computed from the pixel data your browser decoded, and the arithmetic is tested. However:

• Colour management is outside the scope of a browser tool. Images with embedded colour profiles may decode differently in different browsers and operating systems.
• CMYK values are uncalibrated conversions and are not a substitute for a colour-managed workflow or a press proof.
• Contrast results follow the WCAG 2.2 formula. Meeting a ratio is not by itself proof that a design is accessible, and this site does not certify compliance with any law or standard.

The site is provided as is, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

6. Availability

There is no uptime commitment. Tools may be changed, moved or withdrawn without notice. Because everything runs in your browser and nothing is stored, an outage only means you have to come back later.

7. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, ColorFinders is not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential losses arising from your use of the site, including lost work, lost profits or the cost of a print run based on a colour value from these tools. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

8. Third-party links and advertising

Pages may link to other sites, and may carry advertising. Linked sites and advertisers are outside this site's control, and their content is their responsibility. Advertising, if present, is labelled as advertising and is never disguised as part of a tool. Using the tools never requires you to view or click an advertisement. See also the disclaimer.

9. Intellectual property

The site's name, design, written explanations and source code belong to their authors. Colour values you produce with the tools are yours, and the exported files are yours to use however you like. No attribution is required.

10. Payments and refunds

Nothing on this site is sold. There are no paid plans, subscriptions or payments, so there is nothing to refund. If anything is ever offered for sale, its price and its refund and cancellation terms will be published here before it can be bought.

11. Changes to these terms

These terms may change. The date at the top shows when they last did. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the revised terms.

12. Severability

If a court finds any part of these terms unenforceable, that part is limited or removed only as far as necessary, and the rest of the terms stay in force.

13. Contact

Questions about these terms: hello@colorfinders.com.