diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/combined_open_ended_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/combined_open_ended_module.py
index 0b1dd39d4e..66426bba28 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/combined_open_ended_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/combined_open_ended_module.py
@@ -617,7 +617,6 @@ class CombinedOpenEndedModule(XModule):
 
         return progress_object
 
-
 class CombinedOpenEndedDescriptor(XmlDescriptor, EditingDescriptor):
     """
     Module for adding combined open ended questions
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_image_submission.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_image_submission.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b802ab5aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_image_submission.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from PIL import Image
+
+TRUSTED_IMAGE_DOMAINS = [
+    'wikipedia.com',
+    'wikipedia.net',
+    'wikipedia.org'
+]
+
+MAX_IMAGE_DIM = 150
+MAX_COLORS_TO_COUNT = 16
+MAX_COLORS = 5
+
+class ImageProperties(object):
+    def __init__(self, image):
+        self.image = image
+        image_size = self.image.size
+        if image_size[0]> MAX_IMAGE_DIM or image_size[1] > MAX_IMAGE_DIM:
+            self.image = self.image.resize((MAX_IMAGE_DIM, MAX_IMAGE_DIM))
+            self.image_size = self.image.size
+
+    def count_colors(self):
+        colors = self.image.getcolors(MAX_COLORS_TO_COUNT)
+        if colors is None:
+            colors = MAX_COLORS_TO_COUNT
+        else:
+            colors = len(colors)
+
+        
+