PHP | imagecolorstotal() Function Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report The imagecolorstotal() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to find the number of colors in an image's palette. This function returns the number of colors in an image palette. Syntax: int imagecolorstotal ( $image ) Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $image which is mandatory. The imagecreatetruecolor() function is used to create an image in a given size. This function creates blank image of given size. Return Value: This function returns the number of colors in the given image palette or 0 for truecolor images. Below programs illustrate the imagecolorstotal() function in PHP: Program 1: php <?php // store the image in variable. $image = imagecreatefrompng( 'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-9.png'); echo 'Colors in image: ' . imagecolorstotal($image); // Free image imagedestroy($image); ?> Output: Colors in image: 0 Program 2: php <?php // store the image in variable. $image = imagecreatefromgif( 'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/animateImages.gif'); echo 'Colors in image: ' . imagecolorstotal($image); // Free image imagedestroy($image); ?> Output: Colors in image: 187 Related Articles: PHP | imagecolorclosestalpha() Function PHP | imagecolorat() function PHP | imagecolorclosest() Function Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagecolorstotal.php Comment V vijay_raj Follow 0 Improve V vijay_raj Follow 0 Improve Article Tags : Misc Web Technologies PHP Image-Processing PHP-function +1 More Explore PHP Tutorial 8 min read BasicsPHP Syntax 4 min read PHP Variables 5 min read PHP | Functions 8 min read PHP Loops 4 min read ArrayPHP Arrays 5 min read PHP Associative Arrays 4 min read Multidimensional arrays in PHP 5 min read Sorting Arrays in PHP 4 min read OOPs & InterfacesPHP Classes 2 min read PHP | Constructors and Destructors 5 min read PHP Access Modifiers 4 min read Multiple Inheritance in PHP 4 min read MySQL DatabasePHP | MySQL Database Introduction 4 min read PHP Database connection 2 min read PHP | MySQL ( Creating Database ) 3 min read PHP | MySQL ( Creating Table ) 3 min read PHP AdvancePHP Superglobals 6 min read PHP | Regular Expressions 12 min read PHP Form Handling 4 min read PHP File Handling 4 min read PHP | Uploading File 3 min read PHP Cookies 9 min read PHP | Sessions 7 min read Like