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 gpick. Other great apps like ColorAid are Instant Eyedropper, Sip, Pixie and Eyedropper.

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  1. PicPick icon

    PicPick

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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.

    200 PicPick alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • PicPick is the most popular Windows & SaaS alternative to ColorAid.

    • PicPick is the most popular free alternative to ColorAid.

    • PicPick is Free Personal and ProprietaryColorAid is Free and Proprietary
    • PicPick is CustomizableColorAid is not according to our users
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    gpick

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    A color picker and color scheme creation tool.

    92 gpick alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    color picker
     

    • gpick is the most popular Linux alternative to ColorAid.

    • gpick is the most popular Open Source alternative to ColorAid.

    • gpick is Free and Open SourceColorAid is Free and Proprietary
  4. Just Color Picker icon

    Just Color Picker

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    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.

    92 Just Color Picker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Main UI
     

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

    • Just Color Picker is Free and ProprietaryColorAid is also Free and Proprietary
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    PicPick

    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,...

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  7. Sip icon

    Sip

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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!.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Sip is the most popular commercial alternative to ColorAid.

    • Sip is Paid and ProprietaryColorAid is Free and Proprietary
  8. Pixie icon

    Pixie

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    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.

    78 Pixie alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Eyedropper icon

    Eyedropper

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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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  12. Pika icon

    Pika

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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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    Pika screenshot 1
     
  13. Free Color Picker icon

    Free Color Picker

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    Free Color Picker is a program that lets you capture the color of any pixel displayed on the screen. To 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
    The main window
     
  14. Coulr icon

    Coulr

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    Color box to help developers and designers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  15. gcolor2 icon

    gcolor2

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    The gcolor2 interface
     
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