Patent ID: 8576241

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, for each of the plurality of images, identifying each palette color from a color palette corresponding to at least one pixel in the image; determining a proportion of pixels in each image corresponding to each identified palette color; defining a representative set of palette colors for each image, the representative set for each image including a primary palette color for which the proportion of pixels is greatest for the image, the representative set further including any secondary palette color for which the proportion of pixels has a difference less than a proportion difference threshold with respect to the primary palette color; and responsive to receiving information for a search request specifying at least one of the palette colors of the color palette, providing search results including at least a reference to content associated with each of at least some of the plurality of images satisfying the search request based at least in part upon the representative set of palette colors for the image.