HOW TO GET THE MOST FREQUENT COLORS IN AN IMAGE BY USING EMBARCADERO DELPHI

ImageEn is one of the best and most popular image libraries for Embarcadero Delphi.

Here, I use it in my new Screenshot Software Application:

I needed a function to extract the 16 most frequent colors from the above screenshot image:

This function returns the most frequent colors in TImageEnView in order of frequency

After having retrieved the 16 most frequent colors from the Notepad screenshot image above, I assign them to the CUSTOM COLORS of a Color Dialog:

I use this Color Dialog in my screenshot application to select a color for a FloodFill feature to edit the screenshot image.

Here, I added a colorful illustration to the screenshot image:

Please note how the Custom Colors have changed after having applied the above function to the illustrated screenshot image: