diff --git a/config/test.exs b/config/test.exs
index 790f2be4..641b1ed8 100644
--- a/config/test.exs
+++ b/config/test.exs
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ config :music_library, OpenAI,
 
 config :phoenix_test, :endpoint, MusicLibraryWeb.Endpoint
 
+config :music_library, color_extractor: MusicLibrary.Colors.FakeColorExtractor
+
 config :music_library, Oban, testing: :manual
 
 config :music_library, MusicLibrary.Mailer, adapter: Swoosh.Adapters.Test
diff --git a/lib/music_library/colors/extractor.ex b/lib/music_library/colors/extractor.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8aefe9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/music_library/colors/extractor.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+defmodule MusicLibrary.Colors.Extractor do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Behaviour that defines the functions necessary to implement a dominant colors
+  extractor.
+  """
+
+  @callback extract_dominant_colors(binary(), pos_integer()) ::
+              {:ok, [String.t()]} | {:error, term()}
+end
diff --git a/lib/music_library/colors/k_means_extractor.ex b/lib/music_library/colors/k_means_extractor.ex
index 4219e92f..883a2237 100644
--- a/lib/music_library/colors/k_means_extractor.ex
+++ b/lib/music_library/colors/k_means_extractor.ex
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ defmodule MusicLibrary.Colors.KMeansExtractor do
   Extracts dominant colors from images using K-Means clustering via the dominant_colors library.
   """
 
+  @behaviour MusicLibrary.Colors.Extractor
+
   alias Vix.Vips.Image
 
-  @spec extract_dominant_colors(binary(), pos_integer()) :: {:ok, [String.t()]} | {:error, term()}
+  @impl true
   def extract_dominant_colors(image_data, num_colors \\ 5) do
     :telemetry.span(
       [:music_library, :colors, :extract],
diff --git a/lib/music_library/records.ex b/lib/music_library/records.ex
index f9225eeb..fa616726 100644
--- a/lib/music_library/records.ex
+++ b/lib/music_library/records.ex
@@ -7,10 +7,15 @@ defmodule MusicLibrary.Records do
 
   alias MusicLibrary.Artists
   alias MusicLibrary.Assets
-  alias MusicLibrary.Colors.KMeansExtractor
   alias MusicLibrary.Records.{ArtistRecord, Record, SearchIndex, SearchParser}
   alias MusicLibrary.{Repo, Worker}
 
+  @color_extractor Application.compile_env(
+                     :music_library,
+                     :color_extractor,
+                     MusicLibrary.Colors.KMeansExtractor
+                   )
+
   @type import_opts :: [
           format: atom(),
           purchased_at: DateTime.t() | nil,
@@ -305,7 +310,7 @@ defmodule MusicLibrary.Records do
   def extract_colors(record) do
     asset = Assets.get!(record.cover_hash)
 
-    with {:ok, colors} <- KMeansExtractor.extract_dominant_colors(asset.content) do
+    with {:ok, colors} <- @color_extractor.extract_dominant_colors(asset.content) do
       update_record(record, %{dominant_colors: colors})
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/support/fake_color_extractor.ex b/test/support/fake_color_extractor.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37706395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/support/fake_color_extractor.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+defmodule MusicLibrary.Colors.FakeColorExtractor do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Test stub for `MusicLibrary.Colors.KMeansExtractor`.
+
+  Returns hardcoded colors to avoid CPU-intensive K-means clustering in tests.
+  """
+
+  @behaviour MusicLibrary.Colors.Extractor
+
+  @impl true
+  def extract_dominant_colors(_image_data, _num_colors \\ 5) do
+    {:ok, ["#000000", "#c0c0c0", "#c08080", "#404000", "#804040"]}
+  end
+end