Free portable offline colour picker and colour editor for web designers and digital artists
Graphic designers, digital artists and webmasters can get artistic ideas and inspiration at any moment. They often notice colours and colour combinations for their projects while doing something else. This is why a quick and convenient way of capturing those colours is essential. With Just Color Picker, identifying the colours, saving, editing and combining them into beautiful colour combinations is super easy. Unlike many other apps, Just Color Picker was created by a person who actually uses it on an everyday basis. It is software for designers and digital artists created by a designer and a digital artist.
Just Color Picker features:
- Extensive range of colour code formats: HEX, RGB, HSB/HSV, HSL, HWB, CMY, CMYK and TColor.
- Averaged colour sampling for easy colour noise handling.
- 3x, 9x and 15x magnifier and keyboard control of the mouse cursor movements for greater precision.
- Screen freeze feature for sampling the colour of the elements that change on mouse-hover.
- Point lock feature for monitoring the colour in the set screen location independent of the mouse cursor position.
- Calculation of pixel distance between points.
- Colour list for saving, cataloguing and re-using the picked colours.
- Ability to open, edit and save Adobe Photoshop .aco colour swatches (Adobe color files) and GIMP .gpl palette files.
- Interaction with the standard Windows and macOS colour dialogs.
- User comments and notes for picked colours.
- Conversion of Hexadecimal and RGB colour codes into the corresponding colours.
- Red-Green-Blue (RGB), Cyan-Magenta-Yellow (CMY) and Red-Yellow-Blue (RYB) colour wheels with marked triads and complementary colours.
- Harmonious colour scheme generator.
- RGB, HSV and HSL colour editors for adjusting and editing colours.
- Gradient transition between any two colours for creating a wide range of in-between hues.
- Text tool for evaluating the readability of the selected font and background colour combinations.
- CSS-ready colour codes for HTML, PHP and other web-pages.
- Optional stay-on-top behaviour.
- User-defined hotkeys.
- Copying the colour code to the clipboard with one mouse click or automatically.
- High-DPI awareness.
- Multi-display support.
- Light and dark modes, adjusting automatically to the system settings.
- No installation required. Just Color Picker is a portable application and can be run directly from a USB stick.
- Multilingual interface: English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish.
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Download free Just Color Picker 5.9 for Windows 64 bit (exe, portable, size 4.3MB)
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Attention! On Windows, do not put jcpicker.exe in Program Files or other protected folders, as the system may not permit Just Color Picker to create new files. On macOS, don’t forget to allow Just Color Picker the access to the screen in System Preferences Privacy settings. For more information, read the user manual and q&a below.
Supported platforms
Windows 32 and 64 bit 7, 8, 10 and 11. Portable application, no installation required.
macOS 64 bit 10.8 or later. An older 32-bit version is still available in the version history.
Licence
100% freeware. No registration, no snooping, no user data collection, no nonsense.
Latest version
5.9, released 10 July 2023.
What’s new: Added the Separator menu option that affects all colour formats consisting of multiple parts; bug fixes and improvements.
Minor updates for v5.9:
20 July 2023: Brought TColor format back.
26 July 2023: Extended the effect of the Separator setting to CSS codes, to offer users the option to display CSS colour functions in the modern syntax or in the legacy syntax.
User Manual
Main window
Just Color Picker is a tool for capturing the colour of any pixel in any screen area and displaying its code in a variety of formats: HEX, RGB, HSB/HSV, HSL, HWB, CMY, CMYK and TColor.
The colour of the pixel that your mouse cursor is currently pointing at is shown in the current colour area at the top left corner of the application window, with the code of that colour, the coordinates of that pixel, and the horizontal and vertical distance between the two latest-picked pixels displayed below it.
To pick a colour and its code, choose the desired format in the colour code format list, then point the mouse cursor at any pixel or a screen area and press the hotkey. On Windows, the default hotkey combination for capturing the colour is Alt+X, and it can be changed in Options – Hotkeys menu. On macOS, the hotkey combination is Option+X, and it can be changed in Just Color Picker menu.
To copy the code of the colour to the clipboard, click the Copy Value button: it will copy the whole content of the colour code field, or its selected part if you selected a part of the code beforehand.
The RGB/HSV/HSL colour editor contains the latest-picked colour or the selected colour, which you can modify and then pick the resulting colour for your further needs. Use the RGB mode to change red, green or blue components of the colour. Switch to HSV or HSL modes if you need to change the colour’s hue, saturation, and value or lightness.
The harmonious colour scheme generator suggests a few colours that may be a good combination with the latest-picked, selected or being-edited colour. With this feature, you can quickly find a nice colour combination, for example for your web site. Simply choose the main colour of your design, and the colour picker will offer a few colours harmoniously matching with it. These colours are merely an automatic suggestion; you can pick and edit any of them further.
The gradient feature provides you with a wide range of nuances and gradations between the two latest-picked or selected colours, in case you need an in-between colour.
Colour list
All the colours you picked since the launch of the program are displayed in the colour list on the right side of the window. When you close the application, these colours will be automatically saved into a file and reappear in the list when you run the app again.
On Windows, it is a jcpicker.txt file, created in the same location where you placed the jcpicker.exe file. You can delete, move or rename that text file if you wish; in that case Just Color Picker will start with an empty colour list. Via the Colour List menu, you can manually save multiple lists by giving them different names and/or saving them into different locations, and load any of them later by opening the required file via the same menu.
On macOS, due to security limitations, Just Color Picker settings and the automatically-saved colour list are always placed into .cfg and .cfg2 files in the user’s home directory. You can also save and open colour lists manually via the Colour List menu. Note that macOS does not permit saving files into protected folders like Applications.
To select a colour in the list, simply click the colour line. This will make the colour active and its code will be displayed in the colour code field ready to be copied or edited. You can move the selected colour line up or down in the list using mouse drag-and-drop. A right-click on a selected colour line allows you to copy the colour code to the clipboard, add or edit a comment for the colour, or delete the colour from the list. Colour comments can be of a great assistance in large design projects, or to those with colour vision deficiencies or colour blindness. You can delete a colour from the list by selecting it with a left-click and then pressing the Delete key.
The colour list is connected to the standard Windows Color Dialog and macOS Color Picker. Double click a colour in the list to open it in the operating system’s colour dialog. If you edited the colour in the dialog and clicked Ok, the new colour will override the original colour in the Just Color Picker list. If you wish to keep the original colour, pick the new colour from the dialog with Just Color Picker and then click Cancel in the dialog: this will add the new colour to the colour list, leaving the original colour unchanged.
Code-to-Colour conversion
For the inverse process of converting colour codes into the corresponding colours, enter the colour code into the colour code field and press Enter. The colour will appear in the colour list and its code will be displayed in the colour code field in exactly the same way as if you picked the colour from the screen.
Just Color Picker can convert HEX and RGB codes into colours:
- To convert a HEX code, enter the six-character colour code with or without the preceding # symbol and press Enter.
- To convert an RGB code, enter the three digital parts of the colour code (from 0 to 255) separating the parts with commas, semicolons and/or spaces and press Enter.
If Just Color Picker does not display the colour after you pressed Enter, it means the colour code has been entered incorrectly. Correct the input and press Enter again.
Screen freeze
The screen freeze feature (Windows only) is handy for picking the original colour of an element that changes its colour when the mouse cursor hovers over it.
Before you begin using the screen freeze feature, first open Hotkeys menu in Options and set a key combination for screen freeze by selecting it and pressing your chosen keys (for example, Ctrl+Shift+Z), then press Ok. Make sure to choose a combination that is not already used for something else in another program you have on your computer.
To pick the colour from screen any element before it changes, press the screen freeze key combination, then hover the mouse over the element and press the colour-picking combination (default Alt+X). This will grab the original colour and unfreeze the screen. The screen can also be unfrozen without picking a colour by simply pressing the screen freeze key combination again.
Point lock
The point lock feature locks the sampling point on the screen and displays the colour of that point regardless where the mouse cursor is. This can be handy when working with video and animation. If you wish to use point lock feature, first open Hotkeys menu in Options and set a key combination for it by pressing the keys (for example, Ctrl+Shift+X). Make sure to choose a combination that is not already used for something else in another program you have on your computer. Now, to lock the colour sampling point, hover the mouse over the pixel you want to lock and press the point lock hotkeys. Just Color Picker will keep displaying the colour of that pixel even after you move the mouse somewhere else. If Just Color Picker window is active, you can pick the displayed colour using the colour-picking key combination. To unlock the sampling point, press the point lock hotkey again.
Main menu
Options
Just Color Picker features 3x, 9x and 15x zoom of the mouse cursor area. Use the Zoom menu to change the zoom magnification or to switch it off. You can also use PageUp/PageDown keys for zooming in and out whenever Just Color Picker window is active with the Zoom enabled.
Colour Sample Area menu offers an option for picking either the exact colour of a single pixel, or an average colour value of a 3 by 3, 5 by 5, or 7 by 7 pixel area with the pixel pointed at in the centre of the area. When the 3 by 3 Average, 5 by 5 Average, or 7 by 7 Average option is chosen, a grey rectangle bounding the averaged pixels appears in the zoom field, and a “3×3 Avg”, “5×5 Avg”, or “7×7 Avg” label is shown in the current colour area.
To set or change the hotkeys, go to the Hotkeys menu. Select a new hotkey combination for picking the colour value, freezing the screen or locking the sampling point by pressing the keys, which will be displayed in the window, then click Ok. Be careful: do not choose a combination that is already assigned to another program, otherwise the combinations may not work correctly in either of the programs.
The Auto Copy option enables automatic copying of the latest-picked colour code to the clipboard.
The enabled Lowercase Code option displays the letter characters of HEX and TColor colour codes in lowercase. This setting does not affect CSS prefixes, which are always lowercase.
Use the Show CSS code option to display colour values in the colour code field in CSS syntax. This option is applicable to HEX, RGB, HSL, HWB and CMYK colour formats and will display, for example, the red colour as #FF0000, rgb(255 0 0), hsl(0 100% 50%), hwb(0 0% 0%) and cmyk(0% 100% 100% 0%) respectively.
The Separator option sets the character that separates the components of multi-part colour codes: RGB, RGB[0,1], HSB/HSV, HSL, HSL(255), HSL(240), HWB, CMY and CMYK. This option also affects CSS codes. Choose the space separator to display CSS colour functions in the modern syntax; or choose comma to display the legacy syntax.
Enabling the Stay on Top option will keep Just Color Picker window over all other program windows until you close it, minimize it, or disable the Stay on Top option.
Tools
The Tools menu contains the Colour Wheels and Text tools.
The Colour Wheels tool displays RGB (Red, Green, Blue) / CMY (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow), and RYB (Red, Yellow, Blue) colour wheels for the latest-picked or selected colour. The colour wheels have the selected colour, triads and complementary colours marked, and contain as many colours as set in the Number of Colours option. You can open any number of wheel windows to compare the colours. Please note that white, black and shades of neutral grey are not technically colours: they do not have hue or saturation, and therefore they do not produce a corresponding colour wheel.
The Text tool helps to determine whether a particular combination of font colour and background colour is going to look good and be easy to read. The tool becomes available whenever you picked two or more colours. It offers a comprehensive list of all fonts installed in your system, a list of standard font sizes with an option to enter a custom font size, and a copy of the picked colour list for choosing the font and background colours. The window can be resized to accommodate larger fonts and longer texts.
Colour List
If you want to keep some colours separately for future use, go to the Save As menu to save the colour list to a new text file. Use the Open menu item to load it back later. The Clear All command clears the list. You can also save the picked colours to an HTML file, which displays the picked colours in a more user-friendly format, with colour swatches, but keep in mind that HTML files cannot be loaded back into the colour picker.
By default, with Auto Save option enabled, when you close Just Color Picker, it saves all colours present in its colour list to a file named jcpicker.txt in the directory where you placed jcpicker.exe file. On each start, Just Color Picker opens that file and re-populates the colour list. If jcpicker.txt file has been deleted, moved or renamed, Just Color Picker will start with an empty list. If you disable Auto Save, Just Color Picker will launch with an empty list and will not save any picked colours on exit. The old jcpicker.txt file will remain in the application folder and you can load it again later by re-enabling Auto Save and restarting the application without picking any new colours. If you pick any new colours after re-enabling Auto Save, they will overwrite the old colour list the moment you quit the application.
In addition, Just Color Picker can open, edit and save Adobe Photoshop .aco colour swatches (Adobe Color files) in RGB and HSB format. It can also read, edit and save GIMP .gpl palette files.
Portability
Just Color Picker is a portable application, which means you don’t need to install or un-install it. Simply double click the downloaded jcpicker.exe or jcpicker.dmg file to start using it. If you want to remove Just Color Picker from your computer, all you need to do is close it and delete its file(s).
On Windows, the application file is jcpicker.exe. It creates jcpicker.ini file with its settings and jcpicker.txt file with picked colours in the same folder where you put jcpicker.exe. To move or copy Just Color Picker to another device, you can either copy jcpicker.exe file alone, to start afresh, or copy it with .ini and/or .txt file, to keep your settings and/or colours. If you rename jcpicker.exe, its .ini and .txt files will be created with the new name too.
Do not put jcpicker.exe in Program Files or other protected folders, as the system may not permit Just Color Picker to create new files, which would make it unable to remember your settings or picked colours between sessions. It is best to use a separate folder for all portable programs and place Just Color Picker in its subfolder, e.g. C:\Portables\JustColorPicker\jcpicker.exe, and then create a shortcut to jcpicker.exe and move it wherever you deem most convenient.
On macOS, the application file is jcpicker.dmg. As macOS limits the locations where an app can create new files automatically, Just Color Picker settings and the automatically-saved colour list are placed into Just Color Picker.cfg and Just Color Picker.cfg2 files in the user’s home directory in the .config hidden folder that can be displayed by pressing Command+Shift+.(dot) after opening the home directory in Finder. You can save and open colour lists in different locations manually via the Colour List menu, however macOS does not permit saving files into protected folders like Applications.
About colour code formats
HEX and RGB colour codes consist of three parts that define the combination of Red, Green and Blue colour components. The first two characters of HEX code or the first number of RGB code define the red component, the next two characters or the second number define the green component, and the last two characters or the last number define the blue. The value of each part of the colour code can vary from 00 to FF for HEX, from 0 to 255 for RGB, and from 0 to 1 for RGB [0,1].
HSB and HSV. The HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) or HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) colour codes define a colour in terms of the following three components:
Hue (H) gives the colour its name, such as “pink” or “yellow”. Hue ranges from 0 to 360 degrees and looks like a colour wheel, starting with primary red at 0°, passing through green at 120°, blue at 240° and then wrapping back to red at 360°; all mixtures between the adjacent pairs of colours are linear.
HSB/HSV Saturation (S) is the purity of the colour, a measure of the amount of white mixed with a pure hue. The lower the saturation of a colour, the more faded or dull the colour looks. The higher the saturation, the purer and more intense the colour appears. Mixing pure colours with white produces so-called tints and reduces saturation. Saturation ranges from 0 to 100%.
Brightness (B)/Value (V) of a colour refers to the amount of black present in the hue. Mixing pure colours with black produces shades and affects the brightness/value of the colours while leaving the saturation unchanged. Value ranges from 0 to 100%, with pure colours at 100%, and near-black colours close to 0%.
Some applications use different ranges for the components. For example, S and V/B can vary from 0 to 1, H may be normalized to 0–100%, or all three components can vary from 0 to 255. Just Color Picker uses the “degree, percent, percent” notation.
HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) has hue (H) defined as in HSB/HSV and ranging from 0 to 360°. The Lightness (L) — sometimes also called Luminance or Luminosity — controls both shading and tinting. The transition from black to a pure hue to white is symmetric and is achieved solely by changing the lightness: at the midpoint of 50% lightness and full saturation the hue is pure; as the lightness decreases below the midpoint, it produces the effect of shading with 0% lightness being black; as lightness increases above 50%, it produces the effect of tinting with 100% lightness being white. When the HSL Saturation (S) — also called Intensity or Chroma — is decreased, the lightness controls the tones of grey: L 0% still produces black, and L 100% — white, but the intermediate lightness values result in greyed colours, or neutral grey tones if S is 0%. In other words, HSL tints and shades have full saturation (S), and only tones — mixtures with both black and white — have saturation less than 100%. Pure colours have lightness (L) 50%. Both saturation and lightness range from 0 to 100%. In addition to the standard HSL (0–360°, 0–100%, 0–100%) Just Color Picker has two other HSL formats with all thee parameters ranging from 0 to 255 in HSL(255) and from 0 to 240 in HSL(240).
If you require the parameters to be in the 0–1.0 range, you can easily convert it using percent: e.g. 73% = 0.73.
CMYK is a colour model used in colour printing. It refers to the four printer inks — Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (black); with each value ranging from 0 to 100. Because both RGB and CMYK colour spaces are device-dependent, there is no perfect general conversion formula between them. Just Color Picker uses the simplest conversion, sufficient for most design applications.
CMY format consists of three elements — Cyan, Magenta and Yellow — each ranging from 0 to 100. It produces codes similar to CMYK for pure hues and tints; however once the colour moves into shades or tones (black is added), CMY codes start to differ from CMYK due to the black component becoming a part of C, M and Y instead of being separated into K.
HWB is a colour model developed as a more intuitive alternative to HSV and HSL, and is supposed to be easier to use. The hue (H) component is the same as in HSV and HSL. Each pure hue can also have whiteness (W) and blackness (B) ranging from 0 to 100%.
TColor format is used in programming languages such as Object Pascal and Delphi, and integrated development environments such as Lazarus. It is a hexadecimal number representing RGB colour in the $BBGGRR format. For example, $FF0000 is pure full-intensity blue, and $0000FF is pure red.
Using keyboard for a greater mouse pointer precision on Windows
There are two ways to move the mouse cursor using the keyboard. The simple way: make sure Just Color Picker window is active and press Ctrl + ArrowKeys.
The global way: Windows offers the Mouse Keys option for controlling the mouse cursor with keyboard. To be able to move the mouse pointer with keys on your keyboard, you need to switch this feature on:
- In Windows XP: Start button – Settings – Control Panel – Accessibility Options – Mouse tab – Check “Use MouseKeys”.
- In Windows 7: Start button – Control Panel – Ease of Access, and then click Ease of Access Center to open Ease of Access Center. Click “Make the mouse easier to use”. Now, under “Control the mouse with the keyboard”, check the “Turn on Mouse Keys” box.
- In Windows 8: go to Control Panel – All Control Panel Items – Ease of Access Center – Make the mouse easier to use. Check the “Turn on Mouse Keys” box.
Now you should be able to use the numeric keypad on your keyboard for moving the mouse pointer as follows:
- 1 – down and to the left
- 2 – down
- 3 – down and to the right
- 4 – left
- 6 – right
- 7 – up and to the left
- 8 – up
- 9 – up and to the right
This function is a part of Windows and Just Color Picker has no control over it. Enabling this option will affect the whole system, not only Just Color Picker.
Using keyboard for a greater mouse pointer precision on macOS X
There are two ways to move the mouse cursor using the keyboard. The simple way: make sure Just Color Picker window is active and press Option/Alt + ArrowKeys.
The global way: you can enable Mouse Keys and use the keyboard or numeric keypad for moving the mouse pointer and pressing the mouse button. To enable Mouse Keys, press Command+Option+F5 and select the checkbox. Or go to Apple menu, then System Preferences, click Accessibility, click Mouse & Trackpad, then select the Enable Mouse Keys checkbox.
With a numeric keypad:
- To move the mouse pointer, use the 7, 8, 9, 4, 6, 1, 2, 3 keys
- To click the mouse button, press 5
- To press and hold the mouse button, press 0 (zero)
- To release the mouse button, press . (period)
With the keyboard:
- To move the mouse pointer, use the 7, 8, 9, U, O, J, K, L keys
- To click the mouse button, press I
- To press and hold the mouse button, press M
- To release the mouse button, press . (period)
Note: when Mouse Keys is on, you can’t use the keyboard or numeric keypad to enter text.
The usual boring yet important disclaimer
This product is distributed “as is”. No warranty of any kind is expressed or implied. You use this software at your own risk. The author is not liable for data loss, damages, loss of profits or any other kind of loss incurred directly or indirectly while downloading, using or performing any other action in relation to this software. The author has no control over the quality, safety or integrity of any copy of this software published on any third-party site.
Questions, Answers, and Troubleshooting
I’m pressing the default hotkey combination Alt+X, but the Color Picker is not picking the colour.
The hotkey combination may be already assigned to another application installed on your computer. To fix the problem, simply choose a different hotkey combination in the Color Picker’s Options menu.
How to change or clear out the hotkeys that have been set earlier.
To change a hotkey combination, go to Options menu, then Hotkeys. Select the hotkey you wish to change, press a new key combination, and click Ok.
To delete a set hotkey, exit Just Color Picker application, then go to the location where you placed its files, and open jcpicker.ini file in a text editor, for example Notepad. If you want to delete the Screen Freeze hotkey, find the line beginning with HotkeyFreeze=…, and replace the number after the “=” sign with a zero. The line should become HotkeyFreeze=0. For deleting the Point Lock hotkey do the same for the HotkeyLock=… line. Save the changes and close the file. It is not recommended to delete the main hotkey, as you will be unable to pick any colours until you assign a new combination for that function.
On Windows: when working in another program and Just Color Picker is simply open in the background, the screen freezes when certain keys are pressed.
Go to Options menu, then Hotkeys, and check if that key combination is assigned to the Screen Freeze feature. You can change the combination in Just Color Picker to eliminate the clash.
On macOS: Just Color Picker is not detecting windows of other apps, images, webpages, etc.; it only shows the colours of the desktop and its own window.
Open Apple menu, then System Preferences. Choose Security & Privacy, then click Privacy. Select Screen Recording and check the tick-box next to Just Color Picker to allow it to access and record your screen. Restart Just Color Picker app for the changes to take effect. Just Color Picker doesn’t actually record your screen, but it needs this permission to be able to take the colours of the screen pixels.
Just Color Picker keeps picking the same grey/black colour no matter what colour the mouse is pointing to.
Open Mouse Properties in Windows Control Panel, go to Pointer Options and make sure that the “Display pointer trails” setting is disabled. Mouse cursor trails add an extra layer to the mouse pointer and make the colour picker pick the colour of the tip of the mouse pointer rather than the underlying colours.
Why does Color Picker sometimes show slightly different colour codes for exactly same colour?
Occasionally, the colour code you set in the colour editor may be slightly different the code for the same colour displayed in the current colour area. This happens as a result of the rounding discrepancy that arises from calculations during colour format conversions. The difference is usually no greater that 1 gradation and should not be significant enough to become obvious to the human eye. For the same reason you may see a small difference in colour codes when using different software.
How to uninstall Just Color Picker? I can’t find it in the list of installed programs in Windows.
Just Color Picker is portable software and therefore doesn’t need to be installed or uninstalled. To start using Just Color Picker, simply download and run it: it is immediately ready for use, nothing is being installed, and this is why Just Color Picker doesn’t appear in the list of installed software. To delete Just Color Picker from your computer, simply close it and delete the jcpicker.exe file with, if present, jcpicker.ini and jcpicker.txt files in the same folder.
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Can Just Color Picker be used in a commercial environment (for example, in a professional design studio)?
Yes. You can use Just Color Picker wherever you like, provided you comply with the copyright conditions.
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Version History
| Version | Release Date | What’s New |
|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | 10 July 2023 | Separator menu option that affects all colour formats consisting of multiple parts; merged and HTML and HEX code formats; renamed Delphi format to TColor; fixed the bug where the colour code could alter slightly after changing its format or making a selection in the colour list. |
| 5.8 | 9 May 2023 | Dark mode. |
| 5.7 | 1 Dec 2022 | Fixed the issue where Just Color Picker failed to launch from certain file system locations; other minor bug fixes. |
| 5.6 | 23 Sep 2021 | Improved zoom area rendering on macOS; Auto Save option for Colour List. |
| 5.5 | 1 Oct 2020 | Point Lock feature; colour list comment alignment; bug fixes and minor improvements. Colour codes are now saved to jcpicker.txt file without whitespaces, to facilitate Just Color Picker’s integration with other software. Added automatic colour list saving and loading on macOS. |
| 5.4 | 31 Mar 2020 | Lowercase Code option for HTML; HEX and Delphi colour formats. System-independent decimal separator in RGB[0, 1] format, always displayed as a dot regardless of the country settings. |
| 5.3 | 5 Dec 2019 | Stretchable colour list with automatically saved colours on application exit. |
| 5.2 | 22 Jan 2019 | Added CMY format; improved input check for code-to-colour conversion; upgraded macOS application file from 32 to 64 bit. |
| 5.1 | 19 Mar 2018 | Improved handling of high DPI screens; corrected cursor positioning in multi-screen setups; added 7×7 pixel averaged colour sampling. This is the last 32-bit macOS version: Just Color Picker 5.1 (dmg) |
| 5.0 | 15 Jan 2018 | Improved handling of larger system fonts; added HWB and RGB Integer colour formats; added Screen Freeze feature for sampling the colour of the elements that change on mouse-hover (Windows only). |
| 4.6 | 11 May 2016 | Added automatic copying of the latest-picked colour code to the clipboard; improved support of Grayscale and CMYK colour spaces in .aco files; comments for identical colours are now combined into one line separated by semicolons. |
| 4.5 | 9 Mar 2016 | Added the option to display and copy CSS-compatible colour codes for Hexadecimal/HTML, RGB and HSL formats; added interaction with the standard Windows and macOS colour dialogs. |
| 4.4 | 23 Nov 2015 | Added PageUp/PageDown key support for zooming in and out; added moving the mouse cursor with keyboard on macOS: Option/Alt + ArrowKeys. |
| 4.3 | 19 Mar 2015 | Added the ability to re-order the colour entries in the colour list using mouse drag-and-drop; added the calculation of the horizontal and vertical distance between the two latest-picked pixels for measuring the size of objects and gaps; improved adaptability of the interface font size; added Delphi TColor code format. |
| 4.2 | 16 Oct 2014 | Ability to open, edit and save Photoshop’s .aco colour swatches (Adobe Color files) and GIMP’s .gpl palette files. |
| 4.1 | 1 Oct 2014 | Improved precision of the colour code calculation; new colour scheme generator. |
| 4.0 | 8 Jul 2014 | Added CMYK colour format; improved multiple monitor support: now the primary monitor can be either side; released macOS version. |
| 3.5 | 10 Apr 2014 | Added multiple monitors support; added moving the mouse cursor with keyboard: Ctrl + ArrowKeys; fixed two bugs: always-black current colour area on Windows 7, and the application becoming unresponsive when the Stay-on-Top option was enabled. |
| 3.4 | 20 Mar 2014 | Added high-DPI screen support; added saving of HTML colour list files. The program has been completely re-written to keep up with the modern devices and systems. New icon, Picky the Chameleon. Like Just Color Picker, he is small, quick, good-looking, and is good at choosing and matching colours.  |
| 3.3 | 3 Oct 2013 | Added standard HSL colour editor; fixed a minor bug in HSL colour format; the Text tool now can display bold headers. |
| 3.2 | 25 Mar 2013 | Added standard HSL colour format to complement the existing HSL(255) and HSL(240). |
| 3.1 | 19 Jan 2013 | Added the option to always open the same colour history file on start; fixed the flickering issue in some interface elements. |
| 3.0 | 17 Oct 2012 | Added Text Tool for evaluating the readability of the selected font and background colour combinations; added the .ini file creation. |
| 2.6 | 1 Sep 2011 | Added full red-green-blue (RGB) and red-yellow-blue (RYB) colour wheels with user-defined number of colours. |
| 2.5 | 9 May 2011 | Added averaged colour picking, for picking colours in the areas with colour noise. |
| 2.4 | 4 Feb 2010 | Added the ability to add a comment for each picked colour. |
| 2.2 | 1 Nov 2009 | Just Color Picker became Unicode, so all languages should now be displayed correctly. If some parts of the interface are not displayed in your language, it simply means the translation is old or incomplete. |
| 1.9 | 1 Jun 2008 | Added multilingual interface; added HSV colour editor; added new colour history features. |
| … | … | … |
| 1.0 | 2003 | The first version of the Color Picker. Very small and simple; just a colour picker. |
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Free Color Picker is a program that lets you capture the color of any pixel displayed on the screen. To facilitate color capturing, there is a screen magnifier in the center of the main window that displays an enlarged image around the current cursor position.
Language:
Chinese (Simplified), English, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish
License:
Freeware, Open Source
System:
Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11
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Description
Free Color Picker is a program that lets you capture the color of any pixel displayed on the screen. To capture a color, just move the cursor to the desired position and press the F4 key. The color below the cursor will be added to the color palette located in the right part of the main window.
To facilitate color capturing, there is a screen magnifier in the center of the main window that displays an enlarged image around the current cursor position. The maximum magnification is 30x.
Any captured color can be changed freely using the built-in color editor. In addition, the program allows easy modification of the entire color palette, sorting according to various criteria, generating random colors for given ranges of RGB component colors, searching for triad colors on a color wheel and many more.
Screenshots
Sorting the color palette
Modify palette colors – RGB
The most important features
- Capturing the color of the pixel under the cursor (F4 hotkey).
- Copy the color code under the cursor to the system clipboard in the format selected by the user (F3 hotkey).
- Screen magnifier that enlarges the screen content around the current cursor position with a maximum magnification of 30x.
- The ability to set the algorithm used for zooming. The default algorithm – Box – does not change the color values. The other algorithms use color interpolation – they calculate the colors of empty pixels created after enlarging the image based on the colors of neighboring pixels in the original image. The most accurate, but also the slowest is the Lanczos algorithm.
- The ability to capture the pixel color at user-specified screen coordinates.
- Automatic capturing of color under the cursor at user-specified time intervals.
- Collapsible main window of the program (F11 hotkey).
- The ability to pick-up colors from PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF graphic files opened in the program.
- Displaying color numeric codes and copying them in 9 popular formats used on websites and in various programming languages.
- Saving and loading color palettes in a proprietary format (JSON text files with the .colors extension) and in the format used by GIMP program (.gpl files).
- An advanced color palette editor that allows you to change the name and value of each color, sort, number, move, add and remove colors, insert colors from external files into the current palette.
- Advanced color palette sorting: by number, name, value, intensity of RGB channels, CMYK color space components (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) and HSL color space components (hue, saturation, brightness).
- The possibility of many modifications of the entire color palette: color conversion to grayscale, inversion, change of brightness, contrast, setting color fading, mixing each color of the palette with the selected color, changing the HSL components of each color by the given value, inversion of selected RGB channels, setting the value of selected channels RGB to a given fixed numeric value or their change by a given size.
- Generating random colors for user-specified ranges of RGB channel values and ranges of HSL component values.
- Generating gradient colors with given start and end colors.
- A color mixer calculating the color obtained after mixing the two colors given by the user.
- The color wheel of the HSL space with a graphical representation of the complementary, triadic and tetradic colors.
- Drag and drop support when opening color palette files and organizing colors in the Color palette editor.
- The ability to export a color palette to an HTML file with a color table for publication on websites.
- Built-in multi-language support mechanism based on INI text files with UTF-8 encoding. To write subsequent language versions, an ordinary text editor is sufficient, e.g. the system Notepad.
- The program is portable: it does not use the system registry, and all configuration data is saved in one INI file located in the program directory. The program can be copied to an external disk and used on another computer without any installation.
- The program is completely free, for private and commercial use.
How to uninstall?
Free Color Picker application is distributed in the form of archive and does not require any special uninstall process. To uninstall it, just delete files previously extracted from the archive.
End User License Agreement
This program is completely free. You can use it without any restrictions, also for commercial purposes.
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Changelog
Version 1.2.1 (2021.02.07)
- Fixed the Access violation error that displayed after pressing the Change color buttons in several program windows.
- The settings of the Automatic color capture window are now saved to the configuration file and loaded when the program starts.
- Corrections in the language module and translation files. Several strings were displayed in English only, regardless of the language selected by the user.
- New translation: Spanish.
- Updated language files: Greek, Japanese and Slovenian.
- Minor program interface fixes.
Version 1.2 (2021.02.04)
- Added the ability to hide the color palette in the main window (Ctrl+F12). The minimum width of the color palette has also been reduced. When the width is very small, only the number of colors is displayed in the palette title bar.
- Numerous source code optimizations, making the application run much faster.
- Added possibility to generate similar colors for the color selected in the main color palette (Ctrl+Shift+Q).
- Added the ability to change the border colors of rectangles displayed in the main color palette.
Version 1.1 (2019.09.03)
- Color Palette Editor: New columns: RGB Red, RGB Green, RGB Blue, HSL CSS Hue, HSL CSS Sat, HSL CSS Lum, HSL WIN Hue, HSL WIN Sat, HSL WIN Lum, CMYK Cyan, CMYK Magenta, CMYK Yellow, CMYK Black
- Color Palette Editor: The list of default visible columns and their arrangement have been changed.
- Color Palette Editor: New menu with a list of columns displayed after right-clicking on the table header. Now it is more color consistent with the other elements of the application interface.
- Color Palette Editor: A new toolbar button that displays a list of available columns.
- Color Palette Editor: Added the ability to filter colors based on the color name and the RGB, HSL and CMYK component values.
- Color Palette Editor: Background, text and header colors have been added for most columns.
- Pixel indicator in the screen magnifier: the ability to set the color and type of indicator (square, small cross, medium cross, full cross) has been added.
- Color Editor: The calculation of HSL color component values in the rainbow color picker has been improved.
- Random Colors: Predefined sets (presets) of ranges of RGB channel values and HSL CSS components have been added. Available presets: Pastels (light and dark), Intensive, Dark, Light, Grayscale.
- Random Colors: Added option to lock selected range on sliders to change RGB and HSL color components.
- A context menu with a list of color management commands has been added to several tool windows.
- Palette export to HTML: Added option to disable saving of JSON code in generated HTML files.
- The ability to quickly switch the size of the main window has been added: small size (Ctrl + Shift + 1), medium (Ctrl + Shift + 2) and large (Ctrl + Shift + 3).
- Commands displaying / hiding the panel with color codes and the bottom panel with the cursor position have been added to the main and context menu. Previously, this could only be done in the program options window.
- In the Options window you can now create a shortcut to the program on the System Desktop.
- Changed Color Wheel icon.
- Minor changes in the position and size of several components to correctly display texts in different languages.
- Translations: Added support for some missing strings (Random colors, open dialog, save dialog, dialog filter, lblResampler …).
- New translations: Greek, Japanese, Slovenian.
Version 1.0 (2019.08.16)
Initial release.
Previous versions
Free Color Picker 1.1 64-bit
Release date: 2019.09.03
File size: 2.2 MB
SHA-256 checksum: 0a2007e92080da5eaf03366a4396c5942df744326a65ad4d5d3ac5f48407f1fd
Free Color Picker 1.1 32-bit
Release date: 2019.09.03
File size: 1.7 MB
SHA-256 checksum: ee51257529862afdff85476c1fce6f71e8f4e9865b457d26e29e0a77c4a1391b
Free Color Picker 1.0 64-bit
Release date: 2019.08.16
File size: 2.1 MB
SHA-256 checksum: f79ddbf329e08f12c210ed57a410f52907408611dcc3df4162e276720013434f
Free Color Picker 1.0 32-bit
Release date: 2019.08.16
File size: 1.6 MB
SHA-256 checksum: af1f06f0b8259d9bcd0c8a0d9f095004af8e1e4243a3c7e569800507693f6500
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- Check out our comprehensive list on the best color picker apps that you can get right now.
- You can also take screenshots and use a color picker to extract colors from the images.
- If you have a stack of pictures and want to get a closer look, use image zooming software.
If you’re a designer you probably used color picker software at least once. Many design applications have a built-in color picker tool, but sometimes you might need a tool that has some extra features.
If you’re a designer and you’re looking for color picker software, today we’re going to show you some of the best color picker apps for Windows 10.
- What is the best color picker software for Windows 10?
- 1. ColorPic
- 2. Just Color Picker
- 3. Instant Color Picker
- 4. CP1
- 5. ColorPix
- 6. Pixie
- 7. GetColor
- 8. Color Cop
- 9. PixelPicker
- 10. Hex Color Finder
- 11. ACA Color Picker
- 12. Moo0 Color Picker
- 13. Pixeur
- 14. ZZoom
- 15. Color Archiver
- 16. Pickard
- 17. Pipette
- 18. ColorBug
- Conclusion
What is the best color picker software for Windows 10?
1. ColorPic
If you’re looking for a simple color picker software, ColorPic might be perfect for you. The application is simple to use and to select a color you just have to click your mouse.
ColorPic can show you colors in both hex and decimal format, and you can easily adjust hue and saturation values along with RGB channels.
In addition, the application will also show you the percentage of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black.
The application has a magnification area at the bottom that you can use to precisely pick a color from your screen.
It’s worth mentioning that you can zoom in and out of the magnification area in order to pick the desired color easily.
In addition, you can also use the arrow keys to move your mouse and to perform precise selections.
The application has a color mixer and you can choose between Hex, Rainbow, Hue, and Sliders mixer. This feature is rather useful if you want to select a specific color or perform a slight adjustment to an already selected color.
The application supports web-safe colors and it can easily snap to the nearest web-safe color if needed. You can also choose between point samples, 3×3, or 5×5 color sampling.
Lastly, you can create color palettes using ColorPic and save the selected colors for later use.
The application allows you to copy selected colors right to the clipboard, so you can easily use them with other design tools.
ColorPic is a simple color picker tool so it will be perfect for first-time users. The application is completely free, so you can use it without any limitations.
⇒ Get ColorPic
2. Just Color Picker
Just Color Picker is another simple color picker software for Windows. The application has a rather simple interface, and you can see the selected color along with the magnifier section at all times.
The application supports 10 different color formats and you can easily choose between HTML, RGB, HEX, CMYK, etc.
All selected colors will be added to your palette, and you can easily export them and save them for later use. You can also open, edit and save Adobe Photoshop .aco color switches and GIMP .gpl palette files.
In addition, you can also add comments to your selected colors thus providing additional details about them. The application has support for RGB, HSV, or HSL adjustments so you can easily adjust the selected color.
The application allows you to see the different shades of the selected color, and there’s even a gradient view available so you can choose between a wide range of colors. In addition, there’s support for both RGB and RYB color wheels.
If needed, there’s a text preview feature so you can see how your color compares against different backgrounds. As for available colors, you can copy them easily simply by clicking them.
Just Color Picker is a simple application that offers a humble user interface that might turn away some users.
The application relies on Alt + X shortcut for color selection, so you won’t be able to select any color, even from the application, without using the shortcut.
This seems a bit confusing at first, but you’ll get used to it after a while.
Overall, Just Color Picker doesn’t have any major flaws, so feel free to try it out. The application is completely free, and thanks to the portable version it will work on any PC without an installation.
⇒ Get Just Color Picker
3. Instant Color Picker
Unlike previous entries on our list, Instant Color Picker comes with a modern user interface, so it looks visually appealing. The application allows you to pick any color from the screen simply by clicking it.
There’s a magnifier tool that you can zoom in up to 8x and you can easily see the color code in it even before you select a color. As for color sampling, you can use single-pixel, 3×3, or 5×5 sampling.
Your palette can have up to 20 colors, and you can click on each saved color and see more information about it. Available information includes color codes and variations of the color.
If needed, you can also change the lighting or saturation of the selected color. The application is quite simple to use, and you can even pick a color by pressing a keyboard shortcut.
After doing that, its color code will be added to the clipboard so you can easily paste it to any other application.
We have to mention that Instant Color Picker supports RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, HTML, Hex, ActionScript, Delphi, VC++, and VB color formats.
Of course, you can easily get a color code in any of these formats and paste it into a different application.
It’s worth mentioning that you can save your color palette in image format, but you can also save it in a .aco format that is compatible with Photoshop.
The application has a Quick Color Palette feature thus allowing you to easily choose colors from a color spectrum. In addition, there are Named Colors so you can search the list of colors with ease. There’s also a test layout feature that allows you to see how different color combinations will look.
Overall, Instant Color Picker is a great tool. The application has a modern design and it offers a wide range of features.
It’s also worth mentioning that the application is completely free so you can use it without limitations.
⇒ Get Instant Color Picker
4. CP1
CP1 is another simple color picker software that we wanted to show you. The application has a simple and modern user interface, so it’s perfect for basic users.
There is support for RGB and HTML hexadecimal format and you can easily copy any color code simply by selecting it.
Color picking process is rather simple, and after you start it, the application will turn into a large magnifier that allows you to select the desired color precisely.
The application offers both Wide and Narrow Palette modes so you can see the different shades of the selected color. Of course, there’s a History Palette as well that saves all your selected colors.
It’s worth mentioning that the application allows you to export and save your color palette as .txt or .json file. Unfortunately, .aco Photoshop file isn’t available.
We have to mention that CP1 doesn’t allow any color adjustments and you can’t adjust brightness, color or saturation which is a flaw in our opinion.
Overall, CP1 is a decent tool, but it lacks some advanced features that other entries on our list have. On the other hand, CP1 has a modern user interface and it’s quite simple to use, so it’s perfect for basic users.
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The application is completely free, and with the portable version available you can use it without installation.
⇒ Get CP1
5. ColorPix
If you’re looking for a simple color-picking software, ColorPix might be perfect for you. This application is rather simple and it comes with color picker and magnifier.
The magnifier allows you to zoom up to 1600% so you can select the desired color with ease.
The application is simple to use, and in order to select a color, you just have to hover your cursor over the desired color and press any key on your keyboard.
This will cause the color to become locked. After the color is locked, you can see its RGB, HEX, HSB, and CMYK code available.
If you need to use the color in any other tool, you can simply click to copy it to the clipboard.
Thanks to this feature, you can easily select any color on the screen and use its color code in any application.
Even though ColorPix is rather simple to use, it doesn’t offer any advanced features.
The application doesn’t support color palettes, so you won’t be able to save your colors. In addition, you can’t edit your selected color by changing its hue, saturation, or brightness.
Overall, ColorPix is a decent tool, but it offers only the most basic options when it comes to color picking. The application is completely free and portable, so it will be perfect for basic users.
If you want a more advanced color picker, you might want to consider a different tool.
⇒ Get ColorPix
6. Pixie
Pixie is another simplistic color picker software. The application is rather simple and it doesn’t offer any advanced features. Pixie has a rather humble user interface that relies heavily on shortcuts for color picking.
The main window will show you HEX, RGB, CMYK, and HSV color codes of the currently selected color.
However, you can’t select colors and add them to palettes. Instead, you can use the shortcut key to copy the color’s hex value.
Thanks to this feature, you can easily use the selected color in any other application.
The application has a magnifier, but in order to use it you need to press a keyboard shortcut.
We also have to mention that the magnifier doesn’t update automatically, so you’ll have to press the keyboard shortcut to update the preview. This seems like a major flaw and it makes the magnifier harder to use.
The application doesn’t allow you to change color or saturation of the selected color, but you can open color mixer with a keyboard shortcut and perform some minor adjustments.
Pixie is an incredibly small and portable application, so it will work on any PC without issues. We have to mention that this tool offers rather limited functionality, so it might be suitable only for the most basic users.
One of the biggest flaws is the lack of color palette and history, so you can’t save your selected colors.
If you don’t mind the lack of this feature, you might want to try Pixie, especially since it’s completely free and portable.
⇒ Get Pixie
7. GetColor
If you’re looking for a free and simple color picker, GetColor might be perfect for you. The application has a simple user interface that allows you to pick any color from your screen.
Color picking is rather simple and you just have to drag and drop the eyedropper tool to select a specific color. After doing that, you’ll see the selected color in RGB Hex, RGB Decimal, and RGB HTML format.
After you select a color, you can easily copy its code to the clipboard and then use it in a different application.
The application allows you to preview the selected color, but unfortunately, there isn’t a magnifier tool which makes color picking a bit more complicated.
Speaking of missing features, there’s no ability to customize your colors, and you can’t change their hue or saturation.
In addition, you can’t create a color palette and save your colors which is a major flaw in our opinion.
GetColor is a simple color picker application, but it offers the most basic features, so it might not be suitable for advanced users.
On the other hand, if you’re a basic user that needs a simple color picker, this application might be just what you need. The application is completely free, so you can use it without any restrictions.
⇒ Get GetColor
8. Color Cop
Color Cop is another simple and free color-picking software. The application has a humble interface that allows you to select colors simply by dragging and dropping the eyedropper tool.
As for sampling, the application supports 1px, 3x3px, and 5x5px sampling. There’s also a built-in magnifier tool that can help you select any color that you want with precision.
Magnifier supports up to 16x zoom, which should be more than enough for most users. The tool has an auto copy feature that will automatically copy the selected color code to the clipboard so you can use it in other applications.
Regarding color codes, the application supports HTML hex, Delphi hex, and six additional formats.
The application supports web-safe colors, and you can also reverse the selected color, generate a random color or convert the current color to grayscale.
The application also has a colorful history feature that can memorize up to seven different colors. In addition, there’s also a complementary color palette that has 42 different colors to offer.
It’s also worth mentioning that the application has a color mixer, so you can easily adjust the selected color.
Color Cop is a solid tool, but we have to admit that there’s no ability to save your palette, which is our only complaint.
The application has a simple design that some users might not like, but despite its design, this is still a solid color picker software.
This is a freeware application, and since it’s completely portable you can run it on any PC without an installation.
⇒ GetColor Cop
9. PixelPicker
If you’re looking for freeware color picker software, you might want to try PixelPicker. The application is rather simple to use, but we have to mention that it works a bit differently than other applications on your list.
To pick a color, first, you need to drag and drop to the part of the screen that you want to use for color picking.
After doing that, that section will be added to the magnifier and you’ll be able to zoom in and out with your mouse.
Now you just have to drag and drop over your magnifier to select the desired color. After doing that, you’ll see the selected color along with its code below the magnifier.
Now you just need to click the selected color and you can paste its code to any third-party application.
Regarding color formats, the application supports 10 different formats including RGB, ARGB, HTML, CMYK, HSL, HEX, etc.
We have to mention that PixelPicker doesn’t allow you to save your colors so there’s no support for palettes or color history.
The application is rather simple to use, and you’ll get used to it after a few tries.
PixelPicker offers a simple user interface, so it’s perfect for first-time users. The application is completely free, so feel free to try it out.
⇒ Get PixelPicker
10. Hex Color Finder
Another freeware color picker software that we need to mention is Hex Color Finder.
The application offers a simple user interface that lets you pick colors using the drag-and-drop method. After you pick a color you can easily adjust the amount of red, green, or blue.
There’s also a gradient available, so you can choose from a wide array of colors.
Color palette feature is available allowing you to store about 30 different colors for later use. The application allows you to create presets so you can switch between different palettes with a single click.
As for color customization, you can invert the selected color, and change its lighting or contrast.
Hex Color Finder is a simple color picker software, but it offers all the necessary features. Using this tool you can easily copy the color code of any color and use it in other applications.
Unfortunately, you can’t export color palettes, so you won’t be able to use them in tools such as Photoshop.
Overall, this is a simple application and since it’s completely freeware we strongly advise you to try it out.
⇒ Get Hex Color Finder
11. ACA Color Picker
Unlike previous entries on our list, ACA Color Picker isn’t a freeware application. The tool is simple to use and in order to select a color from your screen you just need to move the mouse to the desired location and press the shortcut key.
We have to mention that the application will automatically copy the color code to the clipboard so you can use it with different applications.
Regarding the supported formats, the application offers Standard, Bytes, Percentage, and Decimal as output formats.
There’s also a magnifier feature that can zoom up to 36x. The application has a color palette so you can easily see all selected colors.
Thanks to the color export feature you can save your palettes in .aco format and use them in Photoshop. You can also save the color list and use it later.
If needed, you can rename the colors in order to distinguish them better. There’s also a color mixer so you can easily edit the selected color.
If you want to save space on your screen, you can always minimize the application to the system bar and it will keep working in the background.
ACA Color Picker is a decent tool and it offers almost all the features an average user needs. However, the application isn’t free, so in order to use it you need to purchase a license.
Many other tools on our list offer the same features while being completely free, so if you want to save money you might want to consider a different tool.
⇒ Get ACA Color Picker
12. Moo0 Color Picker
There are many free and simple color pickers, and one of them is Moo0 Color Picker. The application has a minimalistic interface and it’s rather simple to use.
To take a screenshot, you just have to move your cursor over the desired color and press the keyboard shortcut to pick your color.
The application will show you the hex code of your color and you can easily copy it to the clipboard with a single click. You’ll be pleased to hear that you can adjust your color by changing its hue, saturation, and lighting.
The application also allows you to preview your text against different backgrounds so you can easily find the best color combination.
Despite the simplistic user interface, the application doesn’t have a lot to offer.
There’s no support for color pallets, so you won’t be able to save your colors. In addition, the magnifier feature is also missing making precise color picking harder than it should be.
Moo0 Color Picker is a basic color picker, and even though it doesn’t offer any advanced features, it’s simple to use so it’s perfect for basic users.
The application is completely free, so you can use it without any limitations.
We have to mention that application will try to install some additional applications from this developer, so be sure to disable their installation during the setup process.
⇒ Get Moo0 Color Picker
13. Pixeur
Another free color picker tool for Windows that we want to show you is Pixeur. This is a simple application that allows you to pick colors simply by using the drag and drop method.
If you’re picking colors for a website, you’ll be pleased to hear that this application supports web colors as well.
Pixeur offers color mixer so you can easily adjust your colors by changing RGB or CYMK components. In addition, you can also change color hue, saturation, and balance.
After you select a color, its hex value will become available so you can easily copy it and use it in other applications.
All your picked colors will be available in the color history panel, and you can easily export the selected colors and save them for later use.
Speaking of saved colors, you can copy them in Hex, reversed Hex, RGB, or Long Value format.
Pixeur has a simple user interface which might be its only flaw.
The application has all the necessary features so it’s perfect for first-time users. If you don’t mind the application’s humble user interface, feel free to try Pixeur.
⇒ Get Pixeur
14. ZZoom
If you’re looking for a minimalistic color picker that doesn’t have any advanced features, you might want to consider Zoom. This is a lightweight application that allows you to pick any color from your screen.
The application has a magnifier field that you can use to pick the precise color. Magnifier supports up 15x zoom and you can zoom in and out with your mouse wheel.
It’s worth mentioning the magnifier has a grid for extra precision.
Color picking is rather simple and it relies on shortcuts. Simply move your cursor over the desired color and press the C key on your keyboard to copy the color code.
We have to mention that you’re limited only to Hex format, but you can see the RGB value of the color before you pick it.
ZZoom is a simple tool so it doesn’t offer any advanced features. There are no color adjustments or color palettes, so you can’t save your selected colors.
is completely free and portable so it will work on any PC without an installation.
⇒ Get ZZoom
15. Color Archiver
Another free color picker on our list is Color Archiver. With its simple user interface, this application is perfect for first-time users. To pick a color, you need to drag and drop to the desired part of the screen.
After that, you just need to click the magnifier and select the desired color. This method might be a bit confusing at first, but you’ll get used to it after a few tries.
The application allows you to see color codes in RGB, Web, Long, CMYK, and Hex formats. In addition, you can easily copy the color code and use it in different applications.
You can also adjust your colors and change HSL, HSV, RGB, or CMYK values. If needed, there’s also a standard color mixer available for color adjustment.
Color Archiver is a decent tool, but its humble design might turn away some users.
The application has a unique way of picking colors that might take you a few tries to get used to it. Overall, this tool is completely free and portable, so feel free to try it out.
⇒ Get Color Archiver
16. Pickard
If you’re looking for a portable and free color picker, Pickard might be the perfect choice for you.
The application allows you to pick colors from the color spectrum, but at the same time, you can adjust the hue, saturation, and luminosity of your color.
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Pickard is a simple application and it works great as a color picker, but it lacks the color palette feature. With this feature missing, you’re unable to see previously selected colors and save colors for later use.
Despite this minor flaw, Pickard is a solid tool and since it’s completely free and portable there’s no reason not to try it.
⇒ Get Pickard
17. Pipette
Another solid color picker software for Windows is Pipette. Using this application you can easily pick any color from your screen.
The application is rather straightforward so your color code is copied to the clipboard automatically.
Another useful feature is color list that allows you to save all your selected colors.
⇒ Get Pipette
18. ColorBug
If you’re looking for color picker software that has a wide array of features, you might want to consider ColorBug.
To pick a color you need to select the desired part of the screen and then use the magnifier area to pick the color manually.
After you pick a color, you can easily adjust HSL and RGB values using built-in sliders.
The application also has a useful text area that allows you to see how your color looks compared to different backgrounds.
Of course, a color palette feature is available, and you can name your colors in order to differentiate them easily. It’s important to mention that you can export your color palettes and use them with other design tools.
Regarding colors, you can see the color code in 13 different formats and you can easily copy and use it in any other application.
ColorBug also offers some extra features including a color step tool. With this tool, you can see different shades of colors and pick any color for your project. In addition, the application offers a gradient tool so you can create gradients with ease.
If you’re a web designer, you’ll be pleased to hear that you can export the gradient to CSS code and use it for your projects.
ColorBug is a great color-picking software that allows you to have multiple color palettes and switch between them with ease.
The application also offers some extra features such as a gradient generator and color step tool.
ColorBug is completely free, and with the portable version available you should be able to run it on any PC without an installation.
⇒ Get ColorBug
Conclusion
Color picker software is a must-have if you’re a designer, and there are many great color-picking applications available.
Most applications on our list are completely free and portable, so don’t hesitate to try them out.
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Quick Color Picker — это бесплатная утилита, которая позволяет брать и редактировать образцы цвета с экрана компьютера. Утилита имеет простой интерфейс, она показывает значения цвета в RGB, HEX, CMYK, HSL, HSB/HSV. Рядом с каждым значение есть кнопка для быстрого копирования его в буфер обмена. А так же она ведет историю взятых образцов.
Если вы занимаетесь дизайном или друой дейятельностю связанной с цветом, и вам что нужно брать образцы цветов для своих работ, вам стоит скачать Quick Color Picker.