Google Merchant Center
photography
Not a single flat colour
An image that is only a square of one colour is disapproved (paint categories are an exception). Colour spread measured: .
Required: Not one flat colour · checked against the source on 2026-09-30
Required
Not one flat colour
Severity: hard fail — the image is rejected
How we measure it
We read the image's width, height and megapixels, measure how varied its colours are, and look for a uniform coloured band running around all four edges (a border).
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Source
Google Merchant Center Help: Image link [image_link]- Rule version
- v1
- Effective since
- 2026-09-30
- Last verified
- 2026-09-30
When the platform changes this requirement we publish a new version. Past verdicts keep pointing at the version they were checked against.
Version history
- v1 · 2026-09-30First published: Not one flat colourGoogle disapproves images that are only a square of colour.