Color Pickin' Alternatives

Color Pickin' is described as 'Hopefully, the last desktop color picker you will ever need. For developers/graphic designers, having simple and easy tools is essential. Created out of necessities, Color Pickin' is that kind of tool: simple, no fluff, just works' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Color Pickin' for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Color Pickin' alternative is Realtime Colors, which is free. Other great apps like Color Pickin' are Instant Eyedropper, gpick, Just Color Picker and Sip.

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Color Pickin' alternatives page was last updated Jul 7, 2024
  1. Realtime Colors icon
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    If you want to choose a color palette for UI properly, the least you have to do is put them on a lofi UI or grayscale the entire UI on Figma, Adobe XD, or similar platforms to get a better idea of what those colors will actually look like on a product.

    59 Realtime Colors alternatives
    Realtime Colors screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Figma
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Live Preview
    3.  Color Picker
    4.  No Coding Required
    5.  Portable
    6.  WYSIWYG Support
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Non Destructive Editing
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Auto Layout
    12.  Figma plugin
    13.  Gradients
    14.  Web-Based
    15.  Color editing
    16.  Figma Integration
    Realtime Colors iconColor Pickin' Icon

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    • Realtime Colors is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Color Pickin'.

    • Realtime Colors is the most popular free alternative to Color Pickin'.

    • Realtime Colors is Free and ProprietaryColor Pickin' is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Realtime Colors is LightweightColor Pickin' is not according to our users
  2. Instant Eyedropper icon
     34 likes

    Instant Eyedropper is a free color detection tool for webmasters that will identify and automatically paste to the clipboard the HTML color code of any pixel on the screen with just a single mouse click.

    77 Instant Eyedropper alternatives
    Instant Eyedropper screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Instant Eyedropper Features

    1.  Color Picker
    Instant Eyedropper iconColor Pickin' Icon

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    • Instant Eyedropper is the most popular Windows alternative to Color Pickin'.

    • Instant Eyedropper is the most popular Open Source alternative to Color Pickin'.

    • Instant Eyedropper is Free and Open SourceColor Pickin' is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. gpick icon
     43 likes

    A color picker and color scheme creation tool.

    83 gpick alternatives
    color picker

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    gpick Features

    1.  Extract color palettes from images
    2.  Color Picker
    3.  Color Palette
    4.  Built-in Color picker
    5.  Color management
    gpick iconColor Pickin' Icon

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    • gpick is the most popular Linux alternative to Color Pickin'.

    • gpick is Free and Open SourceColor Pickin' is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Just Color Picker icon
     33 likes

    Just Color Picker is a tool that captures the colour of any pixel in any screen area and displays its code in a variety of formats.

    83 Just Color Picker alternatives
    Main UI

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Just Color Picker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Color Picker
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Color Palette
    Just Color Picker iconColor Pickin' Icon

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    • Just Color Picker is the most popular Mac alternative to Color Pickin'.

    • Just Color Picker is Free and ProprietaryColor Pickin' is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Sip icon
     16 likes

    The refreshingly simple color picker for developers that instantly samples and encodes any color on your screen. Just one quick click to savor the flavor and you're set!.

    69 Sip alternatives
    Sip screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Sip Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Built-in Color picker
    Sip iconColor Pickin' Icon

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    • Sip is the most popular commercial alternative to Color Pickin'.

    • Sip is Paid and ProprietaryColor Pickin' is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. Eyedropper icon
     2 likes

    This application is geared towards advanced users (developers, designers, etc…), who not only need to pick a color but also modify or view it in different formats. For simply picking a color on Gnome, the color-picker extension is far better suited.

    52 Eyedropper alternatives
    Eyedropper screenshot 1
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    Eyedropper screenshot 3

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Eyedropper Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Gtk
    3.  Rust
    Eyedropper iconColor Pickin' Icon

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  7. System Color Picker icon
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    Pick colors from anywhere using the built-in color picker.

    80 System Color Picker alternatives
    System Color Picker screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    System Color Picker Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Sits in the MenuBar
    System Color Picker iconColor Pickin' Icon

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  8. Pixie icon
     43 likes

    Small utility that can show you coordinates and color of any pixel on your screen in different formats (HEX, HTML, RGB, CMYK, HSV). It's staying on top, displays a color of that pixel under mouse cursor, the program can magnify that zone w/ hotkey.

    72 Pixie alternatives
    Pixie at work

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Portable
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Super tiny application
    5.  GNU/linux-libre
    Pixie iconColor Pickin' Icon

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  9. PowerToys - Color Picker icon
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    A system-wide color picking utility for Windows to pick colors from any screen and copy it in a configurable format to your clipboard.

    55 PowerToys - Color Picker alternatives
    PowerToys - Color Picker screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PowerToys - Color Picker Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Color Picker
    4.  Hex Editor
    5.  Built-in Color picker
    6.  Extract color palettes from images
    7.  Hexadecimal
    PowerToys - Color Picker iconColor Pickin' Icon

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  10. Free Color Picker icon
     8 likes

    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...

    57 Free Color Picker alternatives
    The main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Free Color Picker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Color Picker
    3.  Support for CMYK Mode
    4.  Built-in Color picker
    5.  Color Wheel
    6.  Color Palette
    Free Color Picker iconColor Pickin' Icon

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  11. Color Picker Tray icon
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    KDE Plasma color picker widget for the system tray.

    52 Color Picker Tray alternatives
    Color Picker Tray screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Color Picker
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  KDE Plasma integration
    8.  KDE Widget
    9.  Sits in the System Tray
    Color Picker Tray iconColor Pickin' Icon

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  12. gcolor2 icon
     23 likes

    gcolor2 is a basic colourpicker utility that allows you to select any colour on your screen, and, well, grab it's colour. It also allows you to save the colour you create to a file, which shows up as a list in the application.

    74 gcolor2 alternatives
    The gcolor2 interface

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    gcolor2 Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Color Palette
    Discontinued

    It was last updated in 2013.

    gcolor2 iconColor Pickin' Icon

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