Patent ID: 8587604

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for searching a collection of content associated with a plurality of images, comprising: under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, identifying a color palette hierarchy associated with a search of the collection of content, the color palette hierarchy comprising palette colors that are representative of colors in the associated images; providing for display an interactive presentation of the color palette hierarchy in which, at least: a first portion of the color palette hierarchy is initially visible; responsive to user interaction with a palette color of the first portion, a second portion of the color palette hierarchy beneath the palette color becomes visible; and each visible portion of the color palette hierarchy comprises less than a threshold number of palette colors; responsive to user interaction with the interactive presentation selecting at least one visible palette color, providing search results including at least a reference to content associated with at least some of the plurality of images having colors for which the selected at least one visible palette color is representative.