Google does more than just search

Google has come a long way from just being a search engine.

What is Google Images?

Google Images is a web-based product by Google for searching for images online.

A results page for Google Images for the search term “mountains” on the Google Chrome browser.

The main factor in determining what images populate your results page is how closely search terms match image filenames.

Once a search is submitted, the service returns a set of thumbnail images correlating to your keyword description.

How Do I Access Google Images?

Google Images search result page for search term “mountains” with an image of a mountain selected, on the Google Chrome browser.

On this page, simply take these actions.

From here, selectVisitto navigate to the source web page containing the full image.

Select one of the following:

Now you have a separate image or link with the isolated image.

Page from sciencing.com showing an image of a mountain, on the Chrome browser.

SelectExactlyfrom the menu that drops down.

In the popup dialog box, input the width and height pixel dimensions, then selectGo.

Color

Another useful filtering option is Color which filters image results by color.

Black web page with image of mountain centered on it, in Chrome browser.

To use this, just selectColorand go for the color or color feature you want to see.

A reverse image search like this can return two different sets of results:

Google Images search result page for “mountains” search term with the Tools dropdown menu selected, on the Chrome browser.

Google Images results page for search term “mountains” with the Size menu open.

Google Images search results page for search term “mountains” with the Color dropdown menu open.

Google Images results page for the search term “mountain” with the Usage rights dropdown menu open

Google Images results page for the search term “mountains” with the Time dropdown menu open