How to pick a color from an image











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How can I pick a color from an image?



When I move the cursor to any particular point in the image, I want the hex code of the color at the cursor to be displayed. I would like to be able to do that with anything displayed on the screen even if it is not an Image, say I am working on any Windows application having various colors.



Is there a way to do that?










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    How can I pick a color from an image?



    When I move the cursor to any particular point in the image, I want the hex code of the color at the cursor to be displayed. I would like to be able to do that with anything displayed on the screen even if it is not an Image, say I am working on any Windows application having various colors.



    Is there a way to do that?










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      How can I pick a color from an image?



      When I move the cursor to any particular point in the image, I want the hex code of the color at the cursor to be displayed. I would like to be able to do that with anything displayed on the screen even if it is not an Image, say I am working on any Windows application having various colors.



      Is there a way to do that?










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      How can I pick a color from an image?



      When I move the cursor to any particular point in the image, I want the hex code of the color at the cursor to be displayed. I would like to be able to do that with anything displayed on the screen even if it is not an Image, say I am working on any Windows application having various colors.



      Is there a way to do that?







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          In Windows, there is an easier way that doesn't need any software.




          1. Capture the screen in an image file (use something like the Snipping Tool to grab the desired area)

          2. Open the file with MS Paint

          3. Use Paint's pick color and pick the color

          4. Press "Edit Colors" button

          5. You have the RGB values!






          share|improve this answer



















          • 5




            As far as I'm concerned, this is the best solution listed, since it is universal and doesn't require installing any new software.
            – Ochado
            Oct 19 '15 at 14:34






          • 7




            Slow and tedious. We just need a quick color picker...
            – Pere
            Jul 20 '16 at 8:19






          • 2




            .. and if the MS Paint can show and the hex color. :)
            – Nikola Obreshkov
            Sep 12 '16 at 12:24






          • 1




            @Ochado As far as I'm concerned, this is not the best solution listed, since it is tedious, slow and doesn't use versatile available handy software.
            – PHPst
            Sep 3 '17 at 12:46






          • 1




            Wait, Windows' default software isn't versatile or handy?
            – Aaron Hall
            Sep 13 '17 at 15:03


















          up vote
          46
          down vote













          Instant Eyedropper is exactly what you were searching for.




          How it works




          1. Move the mouse pointer to the Instant Eyedropper icon in the system tray.
            Instant Eyedropper system tray icon

          2. Press and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse pointer to the pixel whose color you want to identify.
            Instant Eyedropper color picker tool

          3. Release the mouse button.


          That's it. The clipboard now contains the color code - in HTML format (or any other format that you have previously specified). It
          can be pasted and used in any text or HTML editor or the Color Picker
          tool of Photoshop.




          It comes with all the options that I personally wanted of such tool.




          • Clipboard color pattern (Hex, and others)

          • Startup on system tray

          • No overhead or ads and it's free.


          Instant Eyedropper options panel



          Works on windows XP, vista, 7, 8, 10 and probably beyond that.





          Clarification on values returned by the HSB option



          Note that HSB format gives standard values, which are:





          • Hue: 0-359 degrees


          • Saturation: 0-100%


          • Brightness: 0-100%


          Some tools like Paint on windows will give slightly different values:





          • Hue: 0-239


          • Saturation: 0-240


          • Luminance: 0-240


          The reasoning is explained on the windows blog.




          The theoretical
          range for Hue is an angle, normalized to be greater than or equal to
          0° and strictly less than 360°. The upper value of the range is not
          reached because Hue is cyclical, so a value of 360° is equivalent to
          0°. On the other hand, Saturation and Luminance are floating point
          values between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive).



          In Windows, the Hue, Saturation, and Luminance ranges are rescaled so that they go from 0 to 240. Hue is endpoint-exclusive (because 360° = 0°) whereas Saturation and Luminance are endpoint-inclusive (because 1.0 is achievable).




          If you want to use Eyedropper on windows with a tool like Paint, you can do the math with the ratios explained above, or just use the RGB value whenever possible.






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            much better than all other solutions
            – Georgios Pligoropoulos
            Mar 8 '16 at 8:08






          • 1




            Perfect. Tiny, simple, and does the job. Thanks.
            – hajamie
            Apr 27 '16 at 21:56










          • doesn't work on windows 10
            – shoosh
            Jun 28 at 20:29










          • @shoosh the question is tagged windows 7 and XP, it's an old question from 2011.
            – Emile Bergeron
            Jun 28 at 20:35






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            This works fantastic and allows keyboard shortcuts to activate. Great time saver!
            – SomeGuy
            2 days ago


















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          Features I liked about Just Color Picker:




          • It's free.

          • It's portable (no installation is needed).

          • Supports many color formats (HTML, RGB, HEX, HSB/HSV, HSL, CMYK and Delphi).

          • Has hotkey and autocopy options.


          enter image description here






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            If the image can be rendered in a browser, most of them have built-in color pickers / eyedroppers:





            • Chrome - DevTools (F12) -> Elements -> Styles -> click any color preview box enter image description here


            • FireFox - Same as Chrome or Hamburger menu -> Web Developer -> Eyedropper enter image description here


            • Internet Explorer - DevTools (F12) -> DOM Explorer -> Ctrl+K -> Enable ink dropper mode (left most button)






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              @fixer1234 done
              – Ohad Schneider
              Nov 14 '17 at 8:54


















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            PicPick is nice:




            It is an all-in-one program that
            provides full-featured screen capture
            tool, intuitive image editor, color
            picker, color palette, pixel ruler,
            protractor, crosshair and even
            whiteboard.







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              FYI - its not free or open source
              – ShitalShah
              Jan 23 '17 at 8:11






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              PicPick does have a free version, which is only for personal use, and does not auto-update. Apart from that it is the same as the paid version.
              – CalvT
              Jul 19 at 18:28


















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            I like Colorzilla when using Firefox. Simply use the eyedropper to click anywhere within the web page, including images, and it returns the RGB and Hex code.






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              While Colorzilla is quite useful, this is not a solution when you want to pick a color "on any windows application having various colors".
              – Emile Bergeron
              Jun 29 '15 at 0:28






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              While agreeing with Kevin, if your color is in a webpage, no need for extension (it may make it faster if you have to do this multiple times), but I just hit F12 to open the debug console, click the top left corner to "Select Element" and point to it on the browser
              – Nick
              Dec 1 '15 at 2:02












            • this is good, as it doesn't need any software installation, just open your image in browser or drag and drop the image in browser
              – stom
              Jan 19 '16 at 10:40


















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            ColorPic is free windows app that works well for picking colors. They have a paid one as well but I find the freebie works for the simple stuff just fine.






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              I use Pixlr on account of it being web-based, so quick and easy to use anywhere that supports Flash.






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                ColorPix is small, free, single-file application.

                ColorPix screenshot






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                  I used to capture HTML colors with the Color Cop utility. Different of the majority of alternatives, it allows me to capture and after that, move the mouse preserving the color captured with allows me to use Ctrl+C later on.






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                    I recommend Nattyware Pixie.
                    Tiny (under 10KB), free, portable. And much easier than the Windows Paint route.
                    Oh, and it's been around forever.



                    http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php






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                    • I don't know why it was downvoted. Up you go
                      – Sunil Kumar
                      Dec 29 '17 at 10:08










                    • I don't think it works on modern screens with screen scaling (high DPI). Can't recommend this tool.
                      – user643011
                      Apr 9 at 5:52










                    • @user643011, you "don't think" it works? Actually testing it and being able to confirm that statement would be more helpful to our fellow users.
                      – mach128x
                      Apr 9 at 14:27






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                      @mach128x: It doesn't work.
                      – user643011
                      Apr 9 at 14:29


















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                    You can pick a color from an image easily online using this website:



                    Online Image color picker



                    Just upload any image from any device and the color hex code at the cursor will be displayed.






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                    • The questions asks about picking a color anywhere on the screen, not just in an image. An online service can't directly do that.
                      – fixer1234
                      Nov 18 at 11:43











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                    In Windows, there is an easier way that doesn't need any software.




                    1. Capture the screen in an image file (use something like the Snipping Tool to grab the desired area)

                    2. Open the file with MS Paint

                    3. Use Paint's pick color and pick the color

                    4. Press "Edit Colors" button

                    5. You have the RGB values!






                    share|improve this answer



















                    • 5




                      As far as I'm concerned, this is the best solution listed, since it is universal and doesn't require installing any new software.
                      – Ochado
                      Oct 19 '15 at 14:34






                    • 7




                      Slow and tedious. We just need a quick color picker...
                      – Pere
                      Jul 20 '16 at 8:19






                    • 2




                      .. and if the MS Paint can show and the hex color. :)
                      – Nikola Obreshkov
                      Sep 12 '16 at 12:24






                    • 1




                      @Ochado As far as I'm concerned, this is not the best solution listed, since it is tedious, slow and doesn't use versatile available handy software.
                      – PHPst
                      Sep 3 '17 at 12:46






                    • 1




                      Wait, Windows' default software isn't versatile or handy?
                      – Aaron Hall
                      Sep 13 '17 at 15:03















                    up vote
                    77
                    down vote



                    accepted










                    In Windows, there is an easier way that doesn't need any software.




                    1. Capture the screen in an image file (use something like the Snipping Tool to grab the desired area)

                    2. Open the file with MS Paint

                    3. Use Paint's pick color and pick the color

                    4. Press "Edit Colors" button

                    5. You have the RGB values!






                    share|improve this answer



















                    • 5




                      As far as I'm concerned, this is the best solution listed, since it is universal and doesn't require installing any new software.
                      – Ochado
                      Oct 19 '15 at 14:34






                    • 7




                      Slow and tedious. We just need a quick color picker...
                      – Pere
                      Jul 20 '16 at 8:19






                    • 2




                      .. and if the MS Paint can show and the hex color. :)
                      – Nikola Obreshkov
                      Sep 12 '16 at 12:24






                    • 1




                      @Ochado As far as I'm concerned, this is not the best solution listed, since it is tedious, slow and doesn't use versatile available handy software.
                      – PHPst
                      Sep 3 '17 at 12:46






                    • 1




                      Wait, Windows' default software isn't versatile or handy?
                      – Aaron Hall
                      Sep 13 '17 at 15:03













                    up vote
                    77
                    down vote



                    accepted







                    up vote
                    77
                    down vote



                    accepted






                    In Windows, there is an easier way that doesn't need any software.




                    1. Capture the screen in an image file (use something like the Snipping Tool to grab the desired area)

                    2. Open the file with MS Paint

                    3. Use Paint's pick color and pick the color

                    4. Press "Edit Colors" button

                    5. You have the RGB values!






                    share|improve this answer














                    In Windows, there is an easier way that doesn't need any software.




                    1. Capture the screen in an image file (use something like the Snipping Tool to grab the desired area)

                    2. Open the file with MS Paint

                    3. Use Paint's pick color and pick the color

                    4. Press "Edit Colors" button

                    5. You have the RGB values!







                    share|improve this answer














                    share|improve this answer



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                    edited Feb 22 '16 at 1:54









                    Ben N

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                    answered Aug 15 '15 at 18:13









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                    • 5




                      As far as I'm concerned, this is the best solution listed, since it is universal and doesn't require installing any new software.
                      – Ochado
                      Oct 19 '15 at 14:34






                    • 7




                      Slow and tedious. We just need a quick color picker...
                      – Pere
                      Jul 20 '16 at 8:19






                    • 2




                      .. and if the MS Paint can show and the hex color. :)
                      – Nikola Obreshkov
                      Sep 12 '16 at 12:24






                    • 1




                      @Ochado As far as I'm concerned, this is not the best solution listed, since it is tedious, slow and doesn't use versatile available handy software.
                      – PHPst
                      Sep 3 '17 at 12:46






                    • 1




                      Wait, Windows' default software isn't versatile or handy?
                      – Aaron Hall
                      Sep 13 '17 at 15:03














                    • 5




                      As far as I'm concerned, this is the best solution listed, since it is universal and doesn't require installing any new software.
                      – Ochado
                      Oct 19 '15 at 14:34






                    • 7




                      Slow and tedious. We just need a quick color picker...
                      – Pere
                      Jul 20 '16 at 8:19






                    • 2




                      .. and if the MS Paint can show and the hex color. :)
                      – Nikola Obreshkov
                      Sep 12 '16 at 12:24






                    • 1




                      @Ochado As far as I'm concerned, this is not the best solution listed, since it is tedious, slow and doesn't use versatile available handy software.
                      – PHPst
                      Sep 3 '17 at 12:46






                    • 1




                      Wait, Windows' default software isn't versatile or handy?
                      – Aaron Hall
                      Sep 13 '17 at 15:03








                    5




                    5




                    As far as I'm concerned, this is the best solution listed, since it is universal and doesn't require installing any new software.
                    – Ochado
                    Oct 19 '15 at 14:34




                    As far as I'm concerned, this is the best solution listed, since it is universal and doesn't require installing any new software.
                    – Ochado
                    Oct 19 '15 at 14:34




                    7




                    7




                    Slow and tedious. We just need a quick color picker...
                    – Pere
                    Jul 20 '16 at 8:19




                    Slow and tedious. We just need a quick color picker...
                    – Pere
                    Jul 20 '16 at 8:19




                    2




                    2




                    .. and if the MS Paint can show and the hex color. :)
                    – Nikola Obreshkov
                    Sep 12 '16 at 12:24




                    .. and if the MS Paint can show and the hex color. :)
                    – Nikola Obreshkov
                    Sep 12 '16 at 12:24




                    1




                    1




                    @Ochado As far as I'm concerned, this is not the best solution listed, since it is tedious, slow and doesn't use versatile available handy software.
                    – PHPst
                    Sep 3 '17 at 12:46




                    @Ochado As far as I'm concerned, this is not the best solution listed, since it is tedious, slow and doesn't use versatile available handy software.
                    – PHPst
                    Sep 3 '17 at 12:46




                    1




                    1




                    Wait, Windows' default software isn't versatile or handy?
                    – Aaron Hall
                    Sep 13 '17 at 15:03




                    Wait, Windows' default software isn't versatile or handy?
                    – Aaron Hall
                    Sep 13 '17 at 15:03












                    up vote
                    46
                    down vote













                    Instant Eyedropper is exactly what you were searching for.




                    How it works




                    1. Move the mouse pointer to the Instant Eyedropper icon in the system tray.
                      Instant Eyedropper system tray icon

                    2. Press and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse pointer to the pixel whose color you want to identify.
                      Instant Eyedropper color picker tool

                    3. Release the mouse button.


                    That's it. The clipboard now contains the color code - in HTML format (or any other format that you have previously specified). It
                    can be pasted and used in any text or HTML editor or the Color Picker
                    tool of Photoshop.




                    It comes with all the options that I personally wanted of such tool.




                    • Clipboard color pattern (Hex, and others)

                    • Startup on system tray

                    • No overhead or ads and it's free.


                    Instant Eyedropper options panel



                    Works on windows XP, vista, 7, 8, 10 and probably beyond that.





                    Clarification on values returned by the HSB option



                    Note that HSB format gives standard values, which are:





                    • Hue: 0-359 degrees


                    • Saturation: 0-100%


                    • Brightness: 0-100%


                    Some tools like Paint on windows will give slightly different values:





                    • Hue: 0-239


                    • Saturation: 0-240


                    • Luminance: 0-240


                    The reasoning is explained on the windows blog.




                    The theoretical
                    range for Hue is an angle, normalized to be greater than or equal to
                    0° and strictly less than 360°. The upper value of the range is not
                    reached because Hue is cyclical, so a value of 360° is equivalent to
                    0°. On the other hand, Saturation and Luminance are floating point
                    values between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive).



                    In Windows, the Hue, Saturation, and Luminance ranges are rescaled so that they go from 0 to 240. Hue is endpoint-exclusive (because 360° = 0°) whereas Saturation and Luminance are endpoint-inclusive (because 1.0 is achievable).




                    If you want to use Eyedropper on windows with a tool like Paint, you can do the math with the ratios explained above, or just use the RGB value whenever possible.






                    share|improve this answer



















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                      much better than all other solutions
                      – Georgios Pligoropoulos
                      Mar 8 '16 at 8:08






                    • 1




                      Perfect. Tiny, simple, and does the job. Thanks.
                      – hajamie
                      Apr 27 '16 at 21:56










                    • doesn't work on windows 10
                      – shoosh
                      Jun 28 at 20:29










                    • @shoosh the question is tagged windows 7 and XP, it's an old question from 2011.
                      – Emile Bergeron
                      Jun 28 at 20:35






                    • 1




                      This works fantastic and allows keyboard shortcuts to activate. Great time saver!
                      – SomeGuy
                      2 days ago















                    up vote
                    46
                    down vote













                    Instant Eyedropper is exactly what you were searching for.




                    How it works




                    1. Move the mouse pointer to the Instant Eyedropper icon in the system tray.
                      Instant Eyedropper system tray icon

                    2. Press and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse pointer to the pixel whose color you want to identify.
                      Instant Eyedropper color picker tool

                    3. Release the mouse button.


                    That's it. The clipboard now contains the color code - in HTML format (or any other format that you have previously specified). It
                    can be pasted and used in any text or HTML editor or the Color Picker
                    tool of Photoshop.




                    It comes with all the options that I personally wanted of such tool.




                    • Clipboard color pattern (Hex, and others)

                    • Startup on system tray

                    • No overhead or ads and it's free.


                    Instant Eyedropper options panel



                    Works on windows XP, vista, 7, 8, 10 and probably beyond that.





                    Clarification on values returned by the HSB option



                    Note that HSB format gives standard values, which are:





                    • Hue: 0-359 degrees


                    • Saturation: 0-100%


                    • Brightness: 0-100%


                    Some tools like Paint on windows will give slightly different values:





                    • Hue: 0-239


                    • Saturation: 0-240


                    • Luminance: 0-240


                    The reasoning is explained on the windows blog.




                    The theoretical
                    range for Hue is an angle, normalized to be greater than or equal to
                    0° and strictly less than 360°. The upper value of the range is not
                    reached because Hue is cyclical, so a value of 360° is equivalent to
                    0°. On the other hand, Saturation and Luminance are floating point
                    values between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive).



                    In Windows, the Hue, Saturation, and Luminance ranges are rescaled so that they go from 0 to 240. Hue is endpoint-exclusive (because 360° = 0°) whereas Saturation and Luminance are endpoint-inclusive (because 1.0 is achievable).




                    If you want to use Eyedropper on windows with a tool like Paint, you can do the math with the ratios explained above, or just use the RGB value whenever possible.






                    share|improve this answer



















                    • 1




                      much better than all other solutions
                      – Georgios Pligoropoulos
                      Mar 8 '16 at 8:08






                    • 1




                      Perfect. Tiny, simple, and does the job. Thanks.
                      – hajamie
                      Apr 27 '16 at 21:56










                    • doesn't work on windows 10
                      – shoosh
                      Jun 28 at 20:29










                    • @shoosh the question is tagged windows 7 and XP, it's an old question from 2011.
                      – Emile Bergeron
                      Jun 28 at 20:35






                    • 1




                      This works fantastic and allows keyboard shortcuts to activate. Great time saver!
                      – SomeGuy
                      2 days ago













                    up vote
                    46
                    down vote










                    up vote
                    46
                    down vote









                    Instant Eyedropper is exactly what you were searching for.




                    How it works




                    1. Move the mouse pointer to the Instant Eyedropper icon in the system tray.
                      Instant Eyedropper system tray icon

                    2. Press and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse pointer to the pixel whose color you want to identify.
                      Instant Eyedropper color picker tool

                    3. Release the mouse button.


                    That's it. The clipboard now contains the color code - in HTML format (or any other format that you have previously specified). It
                    can be pasted and used in any text or HTML editor or the Color Picker
                    tool of Photoshop.




                    It comes with all the options that I personally wanted of such tool.




                    • Clipboard color pattern (Hex, and others)

                    • Startup on system tray

                    • No overhead or ads and it's free.


                    Instant Eyedropper options panel



                    Works on windows XP, vista, 7, 8, 10 and probably beyond that.





                    Clarification on values returned by the HSB option



                    Note that HSB format gives standard values, which are:





                    • Hue: 0-359 degrees


                    • Saturation: 0-100%


                    • Brightness: 0-100%


                    Some tools like Paint on windows will give slightly different values:





                    • Hue: 0-239


                    • Saturation: 0-240


                    • Luminance: 0-240


                    The reasoning is explained on the windows blog.




                    The theoretical
                    range for Hue is an angle, normalized to be greater than or equal to
                    0° and strictly less than 360°. The upper value of the range is not
                    reached because Hue is cyclical, so a value of 360° is equivalent to
                    0°. On the other hand, Saturation and Luminance are floating point
                    values between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive).



                    In Windows, the Hue, Saturation, and Luminance ranges are rescaled so that they go from 0 to 240. Hue is endpoint-exclusive (because 360° = 0°) whereas Saturation and Luminance are endpoint-inclusive (because 1.0 is achievable).




                    If you want to use Eyedropper on windows with a tool like Paint, you can do the math with the ratios explained above, or just use the RGB value whenever possible.






                    share|improve this answer














                    Instant Eyedropper is exactly what you were searching for.




                    How it works




                    1. Move the mouse pointer to the Instant Eyedropper icon in the system tray.
                      Instant Eyedropper system tray icon

                    2. Press and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse pointer to the pixel whose color you want to identify.
                      Instant Eyedropper color picker tool

                    3. Release the mouse button.


                    That's it. The clipboard now contains the color code - in HTML format (or any other format that you have previously specified). It
                    can be pasted and used in any text or HTML editor or the Color Picker
                    tool of Photoshop.




                    It comes with all the options that I personally wanted of such tool.




                    • Clipboard color pattern (Hex, and others)

                    • Startup on system tray

                    • No overhead or ads and it's free.


                    Instant Eyedropper options panel



                    Works on windows XP, vista, 7, 8, 10 and probably beyond that.





                    Clarification on values returned by the HSB option



                    Note that HSB format gives standard values, which are:





                    • Hue: 0-359 degrees


                    • Saturation: 0-100%


                    • Brightness: 0-100%


                    Some tools like Paint on windows will give slightly different values:





                    • Hue: 0-239


                    • Saturation: 0-240


                    • Luminance: 0-240


                    The reasoning is explained on the windows blog.




                    The theoretical
                    range for Hue is an angle, normalized to be greater than or equal to
                    0° and strictly less than 360°. The upper value of the range is not
                    reached because Hue is cyclical, so a value of 360° is equivalent to
                    0°. On the other hand, Saturation and Luminance are floating point
                    values between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive).



                    In Windows, the Hue, Saturation, and Luminance ranges are rescaled so that they go from 0 to 240. Hue is endpoint-exclusive (because 360° = 0°) whereas Saturation and Luminance are endpoint-inclusive (because 1.0 is achievable).




                    If you want to use Eyedropper on windows with a tool like Paint, you can do the math with the ratios explained above, or just use the RGB value whenever possible.







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                    answered Jun 29 '15 at 0:44









                    Emile Bergeron

                    58849




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                    • 1




                      much better than all other solutions
                      – Georgios Pligoropoulos
                      Mar 8 '16 at 8:08






                    • 1




                      Perfect. Tiny, simple, and does the job. Thanks.
                      – hajamie
                      Apr 27 '16 at 21:56










                    • doesn't work on windows 10
                      – shoosh
                      Jun 28 at 20:29










                    • @shoosh the question is tagged windows 7 and XP, it's an old question from 2011.
                      – Emile Bergeron
                      Jun 28 at 20:35






                    • 1




                      This works fantastic and allows keyboard shortcuts to activate. Great time saver!
                      – SomeGuy
                      2 days ago














                    • 1




                      much better than all other solutions
                      – Georgios Pligoropoulos
                      Mar 8 '16 at 8:08






                    • 1




                      Perfect. Tiny, simple, and does the job. Thanks.
                      – hajamie
                      Apr 27 '16 at 21:56










                    • doesn't work on windows 10
                      – shoosh
                      Jun 28 at 20:29










                    • @shoosh the question is tagged windows 7 and XP, it's an old question from 2011.
                      – Emile Bergeron
                      Jun 28 at 20:35






                    • 1




                      This works fantastic and allows keyboard shortcuts to activate. Great time saver!
                      – SomeGuy
                      2 days ago








                    1




                    1




                    much better than all other solutions
                    – Georgios Pligoropoulos
                    Mar 8 '16 at 8:08




                    much better than all other solutions
                    – Georgios Pligoropoulos
                    Mar 8 '16 at 8:08




                    1




                    1




                    Perfect. Tiny, simple, and does the job. Thanks.
                    – hajamie
                    Apr 27 '16 at 21:56




                    Perfect. Tiny, simple, and does the job. Thanks.
                    – hajamie
                    Apr 27 '16 at 21:56












                    doesn't work on windows 10
                    – shoosh
                    Jun 28 at 20:29




                    doesn't work on windows 10
                    – shoosh
                    Jun 28 at 20:29












                    @shoosh the question is tagged windows 7 and XP, it's an old question from 2011.
                    – Emile Bergeron
                    Jun 28 at 20:35




                    @shoosh the question is tagged windows 7 and XP, it's an old question from 2011.
                    – Emile Bergeron
                    Jun 28 at 20:35




                    1




                    1




                    This works fantastic and allows keyboard shortcuts to activate. Great time saver!
                    – SomeGuy
                    2 days ago




                    This works fantastic and allows keyboard shortcuts to activate. Great time saver!
                    – SomeGuy
                    2 days ago










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                    Features I liked about Just Color Picker:




                    • It's free.

                    • It's portable (no installation is needed).

                    • Supports many color formats (HTML, RGB, HEX, HSB/HSV, HSL, CMYK and Delphi).

                    • Has hotkey and autocopy options.


                    enter image description here






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                      up vote
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                      Features I liked about Just Color Picker:




                      • It's free.

                      • It's portable (no installation is needed).

                      • Supports many color formats (HTML, RGB, HEX, HSB/HSV, HSL, CMYK and Delphi).

                      • Has hotkey and autocopy options.


                      enter image description here






                      share|improve this answer























                        up vote
                        7
                        down vote










                        up vote
                        7
                        down vote









                        Features I liked about Just Color Picker:




                        • It's free.

                        • It's portable (no installation is needed).

                        • Supports many color formats (HTML, RGB, HEX, HSB/HSV, HSL, CMYK and Delphi).

                        • Has hotkey and autocopy options.


                        enter image description here






                        share|improve this answer












                        Features I liked about Just Color Picker:




                        • It's free.

                        • It's portable (no installation is needed).

                        • Supports many color formats (HTML, RGB, HEX, HSB/HSV, HSL, CMYK and Delphi).

                        • Has hotkey and autocopy options.


                        enter image description here







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                        answered May 23 '16 at 21:48









                        AXO

                        450412




                        450412






















                            up vote
                            7
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                            If the image can be rendered in a browser, most of them have built-in color pickers / eyedroppers:





                            • Chrome - DevTools (F12) -> Elements -> Styles -> click any color preview box enter image description here


                            • FireFox - Same as Chrome or Hamburger menu -> Web Developer -> Eyedropper enter image description here


                            • Internet Explorer - DevTools (F12) -> DOM Explorer -> Ctrl+K -> Enable ink dropper mode (left most button)






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                            • 1




                              @fixer1234 done
                              – Ohad Schneider
                              Nov 14 '17 at 8:54















                            up vote
                            7
                            down vote













                            If the image can be rendered in a browser, most of them have built-in color pickers / eyedroppers:





                            • Chrome - DevTools (F12) -> Elements -> Styles -> click any color preview box enter image description here


                            • FireFox - Same as Chrome or Hamburger menu -> Web Developer -> Eyedropper enter image description here


                            • Internet Explorer - DevTools (F12) -> DOM Explorer -> Ctrl+K -> Enable ink dropper mode (left most button)






                            share|improve this answer



















                            • 1




                              @fixer1234 done
                              – Ohad Schneider
                              Nov 14 '17 at 8:54













                            up vote
                            7
                            down vote










                            up vote
                            7
                            down vote









                            If the image can be rendered in a browser, most of them have built-in color pickers / eyedroppers:





                            • Chrome - DevTools (F12) -> Elements -> Styles -> click any color preview box enter image description here


                            • FireFox - Same as Chrome or Hamburger menu -> Web Developer -> Eyedropper enter image description here


                            • Internet Explorer - DevTools (F12) -> DOM Explorer -> Ctrl+K -> Enable ink dropper mode (left most button)






                            share|improve this answer














                            If the image can be rendered in a browser, most of them have built-in color pickers / eyedroppers:





                            • Chrome - DevTools (F12) -> Elements -> Styles -> click any color preview box enter image description here


                            • FireFox - Same as Chrome or Hamburger menu -> Web Developer -> Eyedropper enter image description here


                            • Internet Explorer - DevTools (F12) -> DOM Explorer -> Ctrl+K -> Enable ink dropper mode (left most button)







                            share|improve this answer














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                            edited Nov 14 '17 at 8:54

























                            answered Nov 13 '17 at 23:10









                            Ohad Schneider

                            360511




                            360511








                            • 1




                              @fixer1234 done
                              – Ohad Schneider
                              Nov 14 '17 at 8:54














                            • 1




                              @fixer1234 done
                              – Ohad Schneider
                              Nov 14 '17 at 8:54








                            1




                            1




                            @fixer1234 done
                            – Ohad Schneider
                            Nov 14 '17 at 8:54




                            @fixer1234 done
                            – Ohad Schneider
                            Nov 14 '17 at 8:54










                            up vote
                            3
                            down vote













                            PicPick is nice:




                            It is an all-in-one program that
                            provides full-featured screen capture
                            tool, intuitive image editor, color
                            picker, color palette, pixel ruler,
                            protractor, crosshair and even
                            whiteboard.







                            share|improve this answer

















                            • 7




                              FYI - its not free or open source
                              – ShitalShah
                              Jan 23 '17 at 8:11






                            • 1




                              PicPick does have a free version, which is only for personal use, and does not auto-update. Apart from that it is the same as the paid version.
                              – CalvT
                              Jul 19 at 18:28















                            up vote
                            3
                            down vote













                            PicPick is nice:




                            It is an all-in-one program that
                            provides full-featured screen capture
                            tool, intuitive image editor, color
                            picker, color palette, pixel ruler,
                            protractor, crosshair and even
                            whiteboard.







                            share|improve this answer

















                            • 7




                              FYI - its not free or open source
                              – ShitalShah
                              Jan 23 '17 at 8:11






                            • 1




                              PicPick does have a free version, which is only for personal use, and does not auto-update. Apart from that it is the same as the paid version.
                              – CalvT
                              Jul 19 at 18:28













                            up vote
                            3
                            down vote










                            up vote
                            3
                            down vote









                            PicPick is nice:




                            It is an all-in-one program that
                            provides full-featured screen capture
                            tool, intuitive image editor, color
                            picker, color palette, pixel ruler,
                            protractor, crosshair and even
                            whiteboard.







                            share|improve this answer












                            PicPick is nice:




                            It is an all-in-one program that
                            provides full-featured screen capture
                            tool, intuitive image editor, color
                            picker, color palette, pixel ruler,
                            protractor, crosshair and even
                            whiteboard.








                            share|improve this answer












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                            answered Mar 10 '11 at 9:30









                            akira

                            47.9k14110152




                            47.9k14110152








                            • 7




                              FYI - its not free or open source
                              – ShitalShah
                              Jan 23 '17 at 8:11






                            • 1




                              PicPick does have a free version, which is only for personal use, and does not auto-update. Apart from that it is the same as the paid version.
                              – CalvT
                              Jul 19 at 18:28














                            • 7




                              FYI - its not free or open source
                              – ShitalShah
                              Jan 23 '17 at 8:11






                            • 1




                              PicPick does have a free version, which is only for personal use, and does not auto-update. Apart from that it is the same as the paid version.
                              – CalvT
                              Jul 19 at 18:28








                            7




                            7




                            FYI - its not free or open source
                            – ShitalShah
                            Jan 23 '17 at 8:11




                            FYI - its not free or open source
                            – ShitalShah
                            Jan 23 '17 at 8:11




                            1




                            1




                            PicPick does have a free version, which is only for personal use, and does not auto-update. Apart from that it is the same as the paid version.
                            – CalvT
                            Jul 19 at 18:28




                            PicPick does have a free version, which is only for personal use, and does not auto-update. Apart from that it is the same as the paid version.
                            – CalvT
                            Jul 19 at 18:28










                            up vote
                            3
                            down vote













                            I like Colorzilla when using Firefox. Simply use the eyedropper to click anywhere within the web page, including images, and it returns the RGB and Hex code.






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                            • 6




                              While Colorzilla is quite useful, this is not a solution when you want to pick a color "on any windows application having various colors".
                              – Emile Bergeron
                              Jun 29 '15 at 0:28






                            • 1




                              While agreeing with Kevin, if your color is in a webpage, no need for extension (it may make it faster if you have to do this multiple times), but I just hit F12 to open the debug console, click the top left corner to "Select Element" and point to it on the browser
                              – Nick
                              Dec 1 '15 at 2:02












                            • this is good, as it doesn't need any software installation, just open your image in browser or drag and drop the image in browser
                              – stom
                              Jan 19 '16 at 10:40















                            up vote
                            3
                            down vote













                            I like Colorzilla when using Firefox. Simply use the eyedropper to click anywhere within the web page, including images, and it returns the RGB and Hex code.






                            share|improve this answer

















                            • 6




                              While Colorzilla is quite useful, this is not a solution when you want to pick a color "on any windows application having various colors".
                              – Emile Bergeron
                              Jun 29 '15 at 0:28






                            • 1




                              While agreeing with Kevin, if your color is in a webpage, no need for extension (it may make it faster if you have to do this multiple times), but I just hit F12 to open the debug console, click the top left corner to "Select Element" and point to it on the browser
                              – Nick
                              Dec 1 '15 at 2:02












                            • this is good, as it doesn't need any software installation, just open your image in browser or drag and drop the image in browser
                              – stom
                              Jan 19 '16 at 10:40













                            up vote
                            3
                            down vote










                            up vote
                            3
                            down vote









                            I like Colorzilla when using Firefox. Simply use the eyedropper to click anywhere within the web page, including images, and it returns the RGB and Hex code.






                            share|improve this answer












                            I like Colorzilla when using Firefox. Simply use the eyedropper to click anywhere within the web page, including images, and it returns the RGB and Hex code.







                            share|improve this answer












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                            answered Mar 23 '11 at 15:13









                            Kevin Worthington

                            1,51621313




                            1,51621313








                            • 6




                              While Colorzilla is quite useful, this is not a solution when you want to pick a color "on any windows application having various colors".
                              – Emile Bergeron
                              Jun 29 '15 at 0:28






                            • 1




                              While agreeing with Kevin, if your color is in a webpage, no need for extension (it may make it faster if you have to do this multiple times), but I just hit F12 to open the debug console, click the top left corner to "Select Element" and point to it on the browser
                              – Nick
                              Dec 1 '15 at 2:02












                            • this is good, as it doesn't need any software installation, just open your image in browser or drag and drop the image in browser
                              – stom
                              Jan 19 '16 at 10:40














                            • 6




                              While Colorzilla is quite useful, this is not a solution when you want to pick a color "on any windows application having various colors".
                              – Emile Bergeron
                              Jun 29 '15 at 0:28






                            • 1




                              While agreeing with Kevin, if your color is in a webpage, no need for extension (it may make it faster if you have to do this multiple times), but I just hit F12 to open the debug console, click the top left corner to "Select Element" and point to it on the browser
                              – Nick
                              Dec 1 '15 at 2:02












                            • this is good, as it doesn't need any software installation, just open your image in browser or drag and drop the image in browser
                              – stom
                              Jan 19 '16 at 10:40








                            6




                            6




                            While Colorzilla is quite useful, this is not a solution when you want to pick a color "on any windows application having various colors".
                            – Emile Bergeron
                            Jun 29 '15 at 0:28




                            While Colorzilla is quite useful, this is not a solution when you want to pick a color "on any windows application having various colors".
                            – Emile Bergeron
                            Jun 29 '15 at 0:28




                            1




                            1




                            While agreeing with Kevin, if your color is in a webpage, no need for extension (it may make it faster if you have to do this multiple times), but I just hit F12 to open the debug console, click the top left corner to "Select Element" and point to it on the browser
                            – Nick
                            Dec 1 '15 at 2:02






                            While agreeing with Kevin, if your color is in a webpage, no need for extension (it may make it faster if you have to do this multiple times), but I just hit F12 to open the debug console, click the top left corner to "Select Element" and point to it on the browser
                            – Nick
                            Dec 1 '15 at 2:02














                            this is good, as it doesn't need any software installation, just open your image in browser or drag and drop the image in browser
                            – stom
                            Jan 19 '16 at 10:40




                            this is good, as it doesn't need any software installation, just open your image in browser or drag and drop the image in browser
                            – stom
                            Jan 19 '16 at 10:40










                            up vote
                            2
                            down vote













                            ColorPic is free windows app that works well for picking colors. They have a paid one as well but I find the freebie works for the simple stuff just fine.






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                              up vote
                              2
                              down vote













                              ColorPic is free windows app that works well for picking colors. They have a paid one as well but I find the freebie works for the simple stuff just fine.






                              share|improve this answer























                                up vote
                                2
                                down vote










                                up vote
                                2
                                down vote









                                ColorPic is free windows app that works well for picking colors. They have a paid one as well but I find the freebie works for the simple stuff just fine.






                                share|improve this answer












                                ColorPic is free windows app that works well for picking colors. They have a paid one as well but I find the freebie works for the simple stuff just fine.







                                share|improve this answer












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                                answered Apr 20 '16 at 5:05









                                Jafin

                                44759




                                44759






















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                                    1
                                    down vote













                                    I use Pixlr on account of it being web-based, so quick and easy to use anywhere that supports Flash.






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                                      up vote
                                      1
                                      down vote













                                      I use Pixlr on account of it being web-based, so quick and easy to use anywhere that supports Flash.






                                      share|improve this answer























                                        up vote
                                        1
                                        down vote










                                        up vote
                                        1
                                        down vote









                                        I use Pixlr on account of it being web-based, so quick and easy to use anywhere that supports Flash.






                                        share|improve this answer












                                        I use Pixlr on account of it being web-based, so quick and easy to use anywhere that supports Flash.







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                                        answered Mar 10 '11 at 10:24









                                        Sork

                                        713




                                        713






















                                            up vote
                                            1
                                            down vote













                                            ColorPix is small, free, single-file application.

                                            ColorPix screenshot






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                                              1
                                              down vote













                                              ColorPix is small, free, single-file application.

                                              ColorPix screenshot






                                              share|improve this answer























                                                up vote
                                                1
                                                down vote










                                                up vote
                                                1
                                                down vote









                                                ColorPix is small, free, single-file application.

                                                ColorPix screenshot






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                                                ColorPix is small, free, single-file application.

                                                ColorPix screenshot







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                                                answered Oct 14 '16 at 7:00









                                                Sergey

                                                249311




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                                                    up vote
                                                    1
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                                                    I used to capture HTML colors with the Color Cop utility. Different of the majority of alternatives, it allows me to capture and after that, move the mouse preserving the color captured with allows me to use Ctrl+C later on.






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                                                      up vote
                                                      1
                                                      down vote













                                                      I used to capture HTML colors with the Color Cop utility. Different of the majority of alternatives, it allows me to capture and after that, move the mouse preserving the color captured with allows me to use Ctrl+C later on.






                                                      share|improve this answer

























                                                        up vote
                                                        1
                                                        down vote










                                                        up vote
                                                        1
                                                        down vote









                                                        I used to capture HTML colors with the Color Cop utility. Different of the majority of alternatives, it allows me to capture and after that, move the mouse preserving the color captured with allows me to use Ctrl+C later on.






                                                        share|improve this answer














                                                        I used to capture HTML colors with the Color Cop utility. Different of the majority of alternatives, it allows me to capture and after that, move the mouse preserving the color captured with allows me to use Ctrl+C later on.







                                                        share|improve this answer














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                                                        edited Oct 22 '17 at 4:27









                                                        Bryan Zeng

                                                        33




                                                        33










                                                        answered Nov 4 '16 at 18:21









                                                        Wellington Souza

                                                        1213




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                                                            0
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                                                            I recommend Nattyware Pixie.
                                                            Tiny (under 10KB), free, portable. And much easier than the Windows Paint route.
                                                            Oh, and it's been around forever.



                                                            http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php






                                                            share|improve this answer





















                                                            • I don't know why it was downvoted. Up you go
                                                              – Sunil Kumar
                                                              Dec 29 '17 at 10:08










                                                            • I don't think it works on modern screens with screen scaling (high DPI). Can't recommend this tool.
                                                              – user643011
                                                              Apr 9 at 5:52










                                                            • @user643011, you "don't think" it works? Actually testing it and being able to confirm that statement would be more helpful to our fellow users.
                                                              – mach128x
                                                              Apr 9 at 14:27






                                                            • 1




                                                              @mach128x: It doesn't work.
                                                              – user643011
                                                              Apr 9 at 14:29















                                                            up vote
                                                            0
                                                            down vote













                                                            I recommend Nattyware Pixie.
                                                            Tiny (under 10KB), free, portable. And much easier than the Windows Paint route.
                                                            Oh, and it's been around forever.



                                                            http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php






                                                            share|improve this answer





















                                                            • I don't know why it was downvoted. Up you go
                                                              – Sunil Kumar
                                                              Dec 29 '17 at 10:08










                                                            • I don't think it works on modern screens with screen scaling (high DPI). Can't recommend this tool.
                                                              – user643011
                                                              Apr 9 at 5:52










                                                            • @user643011, you "don't think" it works? Actually testing it and being able to confirm that statement would be more helpful to our fellow users.
                                                              – mach128x
                                                              Apr 9 at 14:27






                                                            • 1




                                                              @mach128x: It doesn't work.
                                                              – user643011
                                                              Apr 9 at 14:29













                                                            up vote
                                                            0
                                                            down vote










                                                            up vote
                                                            0
                                                            down vote









                                                            I recommend Nattyware Pixie.
                                                            Tiny (under 10KB), free, portable. And much easier than the Windows Paint route.
                                                            Oh, and it's been around forever.



                                                            http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php






                                                            share|improve this answer












                                                            I recommend Nattyware Pixie.
                                                            Tiny (under 10KB), free, portable. And much easier than the Windows Paint route.
                                                            Oh, and it's been around forever.



                                                            http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php







                                                            share|improve this answer












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                                                            answered Dec 2 '17 at 17:23









                                                            mach128x

                                                            11




                                                            11












                                                            • I don't know why it was downvoted. Up you go
                                                              – Sunil Kumar
                                                              Dec 29 '17 at 10:08










                                                            • I don't think it works on modern screens with screen scaling (high DPI). Can't recommend this tool.
                                                              – user643011
                                                              Apr 9 at 5:52










                                                            • @user643011, you "don't think" it works? Actually testing it and being able to confirm that statement would be more helpful to our fellow users.
                                                              – mach128x
                                                              Apr 9 at 14:27






                                                            • 1




                                                              @mach128x: It doesn't work.
                                                              – user643011
                                                              Apr 9 at 14:29


















                                                            • I don't know why it was downvoted. Up you go
                                                              – Sunil Kumar
                                                              Dec 29 '17 at 10:08










                                                            • I don't think it works on modern screens with screen scaling (high DPI). Can't recommend this tool.
                                                              – user643011
                                                              Apr 9 at 5:52










                                                            • @user643011, you "don't think" it works? Actually testing it and being able to confirm that statement would be more helpful to our fellow users.
                                                              – mach128x
                                                              Apr 9 at 14:27






                                                            • 1




                                                              @mach128x: It doesn't work.
                                                              – user643011
                                                              Apr 9 at 14:29
















                                                            I don't know why it was downvoted. Up you go
                                                            – Sunil Kumar
                                                            Dec 29 '17 at 10:08




                                                            I don't know why it was downvoted. Up you go
                                                            – Sunil Kumar
                                                            Dec 29 '17 at 10:08












                                                            I don't think it works on modern screens with screen scaling (high DPI). Can't recommend this tool.
                                                            – user643011
                                                            Apr 9 at 5:52




                                                            I don't think it works on modern screens with screen scaling (high DPI). Can't recommend this tool.
                                                            – user643011
                                                            Apr 9 at 5:52












                                                            @user643011, you "don't think" it works? Actually testing it and being able to confirm that statement would be more helpful to our fellow users.
                                                            – mach128x
                                                            Apr 9 at 14:27




                                                            @user643011, you "don't think" it works? Actually testing it and being able to confirm that statement would be more helpful to our fellow users.
                                                            – mach128x
                                                            Apr 9 at 14:27




                                                            1




                                                            1




                                                            @mach128x: It doesn't work.
                                                            – user643011
                                                            Apr 9 at 14:29




                                                            @mach128x: It doesn't work.
                                                            – user643011
                                                            Apr 9 at 14:29










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                                                            You can pick a color from an image easily online using this website:



                                                            Online Image color picker



                                                            Just upload any image from any device and the color hex code at the cursor will be displayed.






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                                                            • The questions asks about picking a color anywhere on the screen, not just in an image. An online service can't directly do that.
                                                              – fixer1234
                                                              Nov 18 at 11:43















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                                                            You can pick a color from an image easily online using this website:



                                                            Online Image color picker



                                                            Just upload any image from any device and the color hex code at the cursor will be displayed.






                                                            share|improve this answer























                                                            • The questions asks about picking a color anywhere on the screen, not just in an image. An online service can't directly do that.
                                                              – fixer1234
                                                              Nov 18 at 11:43













                                                            up vote
                                                            0
                                                            down vote










                                                            up vote
                                                            0
                                                            down vote









                                                            You can pick a color from an image easily online using this website:



                                                            Online Image color picker



                                                            Just upload any image from any device and the color hex code at the cursor will be displayed.






                                                            share|improve this answer














                                                            You can pick a color from an image easily online using this website:



                                                            Online Image color picker



                                                            Just upload any image from any device and the color hex code at the cursor will be displayed.







                                                            share|improve this answer














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                                                            robinCTS

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                                                            answered Jul 7 at 10:22









                                                            biraj01

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                                                            • The questions asks about picking a color anywhere on the screen, not just in an image. An online service can't directly do that.
                                                              – fixer1234
                                                              Nov 18 at 11:43


















                                                            • The questions asks about picking a color anywhere on the screen, not just in an image. An online service can't directly do that.
                                                              – fixer1234
                                                              Nov 18 at 11:43
















                                                            The questions asks about picking a color anywhere on the screen, not just in an image. An online service can't directly do that.
                                                            – fixer1234
                                                            Nov 18 at 11:43




                                                            The questions asks about picking a color anywhere on the screen, not just in an image. An online service can't directly do that.
                                                            – fixer1234
                                                            Nov 18 at 11:43


















                                                             

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