How do you make pixel art in a spreadsheet?
Downsample an image to a grid, then color each cell to match. This tool produces the grid and a hex-color CSV so you can paste it into Sheets or Excel and apply conditional formatting per cell.
Spreadsheet pixel art
Spreadsheet Pixel Art
Upload an image, pick a grid width, and get a CSV of hex colors you can paste into Google Sheets or Excel and conditional-format into pixel art.
Paste the CSV into Google Sheets or Excel, then conditional-format each cell by its hex value to build the pixel art.
Upload an image to turn it into spreadsheet cells.
How it works
Three quick steps
- 1
Upload an image
The image is downsampled to a grid of colored cells in your browser.
- 2
Choose the width
Pick how many columns wide the grid should be; rows follow the aspect ratio.
- 3
Download the CSV
Paste the hex-color CSV into your spreadsheet and conditional-format each cell.
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FAQ
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Does it work with Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. The CSV is a plain grid of hex values that pastes into either, ready for conditional formatting rules that fill each cell by its color.