diff --git a/src/Colors/Cmyk/Color.php b/src/Colors/Cmyk/Color.php
index dabacbbf..5aad25a4 100644
--- a/src/Colors/Cmyk/Color.php
+++ b/src/Colors/Cmyk/Color.php
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ class Color extends AbstractColor
      */
     public static function create(mixed $input): ColorInterface
     {
-        return (new InputHandler([
+        return InputHandler::withDecoders([
             Decoders\StringColorDecoder::class,
-        ]))->handle($input);
+        ])->handle($input);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Colors/Hsl/Color.php b/src/Colors/Hsl/Color.php
index 2871963f..e682f9a2 100644
--- a/src/Colors/Hsl/Color.php
+++ b/src/Colors/Hsl/Color.php
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ class Color extends AbstractColor
      */
     public static function create(mixed $input): ColorInterface
     {
-        return (new InputHandler([
+        return InputHandler::withDecoders([
             Decoders\StringColorDecoder::class,
-        ]))->handle($input);
+        ])->handle($input);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Colors/Hsv/Color.php b/src/Colors/Hsv/Color.php
index d4580149..9c7f285c 100644
--- a/src/Colors/Hsv/Color.php
+++ b/src/Colors/Hsv/Color.php
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ class Color extends AbstractColor
      */
     public static function create(mixed $input): ColorInterface
     {
-        return (new InputHandler([
+        return InputHandler::withDecoders([
             Decoders\StringColorDecoder::class,
-        ]))->handle($input);
+        ])->handle($input);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Colors/Rgb/Color.php b/src/Colors/Rgb/Color.php
index 40d831ac..f97a9241 100644
--- a/src/Colors/Rgb/Color.php
+++ b/src/Colors/Rgb/Color.php
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ class Color extends AbstractColor
      */
     public static function create(mixed $input): ColorInterface
     {
-        return (new InputHandler([
+        return InputHandler::withDecoders([
             Decoders\HexColorDecoder::class,
             Decoders\StringColorDecoder::class,
             Decoders\TransparentColorDecoder::class,
             Decoders\HtmlColornameDecoder::class,
-        ]))->handle($input);
+        ])->handle($input);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Drivers/AbstractDriver.php b/src/Drivers/AbstractDriver.php
index 9741bea6..8bf8cf40 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/AbstractDriver.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/AbstractDriver.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ abstract class AbstractDriver implements DriverInterface
      */
     public function handleInput(mixed $input, array $decoders = []): ImageInterface|ColorInterface
     {
-        return (new InputHandler($decoders, $this))->handle($input);
+        return InputHandler::withDecoders($decoders, $this)->handle($input);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/InputHandler.php b/src/InputHandler.php
index 1b490fa9..4c9eeed7 100644
--- a/src/InputHandler.php
+++ b/src/InputHandler.php
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ class InputHandler implements InputHandlerInterface
         $this->driver = $driver;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Static factory method
+     *
+     * @param array<string|DecoderInterface> $decoders
+     * @param null|DriverInterface $driver
+     * @return InputHandler
+     */
+    public static function withDecoders(array $decoders, ?DriverInterface $driver = null): self
+    {
+        return new self($decoders, $driver);
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      *
diff --git a/tests/Unit/InputHandlerTest.php b/tests/Unit/InputHandlerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68a7191c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/InputHandlerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Intervention\Image\Tests\Unit;
+
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Driver as GdDriver;
+use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Driver as ImagickDriver;
+use Intervention\Image\Exceptions\DecoderException;
+use Intervention\Image\InputHandler;
+use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ColorInterface;
+use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ImageInterface;
+use Intervention\Image\Tests\BaseTestCase;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\RequiresPhpExtension;
+
+#[RequiresPhpExtension('gd')]
+#[RequiresPhpExtension('imagick')]
+#[CoversClass(InputHandler::class)]
+class InputHandlerTest extends BaseTestCase
+{
+    #[DataProvider('testHandleProvider')]
+    public function testHandleDefaultDecoders(string $driver, mixed $input, string $outputClassname): void
+    {
+        $handler = new InputHandler(driver: new $driver());
+        if ($outputClassname === ImageInterface::class || $outputClassname === ColorInterface::class) {
+            $this->assertInstanceOf($outputClassname, $handler->handle($input));
+        } else {
+            $this->expectException($outputClassname);
+            $handler->handle($input);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static function testHandleProvider(): array
+    {
+        $base = [
+            [null, DecoderException::class],
+            ['', DecoderException::class],
+            ['fff', ColorInterface::class],
+            ['rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)', ColorInterface::class],
+            ['cmyk(0, 0, 0, 0)', ColorInterface::class],
+            ['hsv(0, 0, 0)', ColorInterface::class],
+            ['hsl(0, 0, 0)', ColorInterface::class],
+            ['transparent', ColorInterface::class],
+            ['steelblue', ColorInterface::class],
+            [self::getTestResourcePath(), ImageInterface::class],
+            [file_get_contents(self::getTestResourcePath()), ImageInterface::class],
+        ];
+
+        $data = [];
+        $drivers = [GdDriver::class, ImagickDriver::class];
+        foreach ($drivers as $driver) {
+            foreach ($base as $line) {
+                array_unshift($line, $driver); // prepend driver
+                $data[] = $line;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+}