Image to ANSI art

Choose a file…

Try something colorful like https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/RGB_24bits_palette_sample_image.jpg

Mode

RGB ansi colors ansi colors, ordered dithering ansi colors, diffusion dithering ansi colors, atkinson dithering

Size reduction (1/scale):

Image smoothing

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RGB:

Terminal Preview:

Note: this terminal can't show all colors, but most (xterm, cmd, Git Bash) will.

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UTF8 result (works with cat):

Copy, then cat /dev/clipboard in a terminal to test

Escaped String (works with echo -e and most languages):

For best results with ANSI colors, use this palette in source images: