ColorAid AlternativesColor Picker Tools and other similar apps like ColorAid

ColorAid is described as 'Color picker and highlighter, which can be especially useful for the color blind. It lets you point a color on an image (either loaded from file or captured from the screen), and highlights all the areas of the image having that color (or a similar one, according' and is a Color Picker tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to ColorAid for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best ColorAid alternative is PicPick. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try PicPick or Just Color Picker. Other great apps like ColorAid are Instant Eyedropper, Sip, Pika and Pixie.

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  1. PicPick icon
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    Provides versatile screen capture options, built-in image annotation, color picking and palette, precision measurement tools like ruler and protractor, hotkey customization, clipboard and multi-format support, simple tray access, sharing, and portable operation.

    212 PicPick alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. Sip icon
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    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!.

    82 Sip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Pika icon
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    Pika (pronounced pi·kuh, like picker) is an easy to use, open-source, native colour picker for macOS. Pika makes it simple to quickly find colours on screen, in the format you need, so you can get on with being a speedy, successful designer.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Eyedropper icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  6. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Coulr icon
     Like

    Color box to help developers and designers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  8. ColorPic icon
     21 likes

    Ever tried using a color picker on a high resolution monitor? Its impossible. Thats why this color picker has a magnifier attached. Grab palettes of up to 16 colors at once and use four advanced color mixers to select a spectrum of possibilities.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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