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, Web-based and Android apps. The best ColorAid alternative is PicPick. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try gpick or Just Color Picker. Other great apps like ColorAid are Instant Eyedropper, Sip, Pixie and System Color Picker.

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  1. PicPick icon
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    PicPick

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    A full-featured screen capture tool, Intuitive image editor, color picker, color palette, pixel-ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and more.

    191 PicPick alternatives
    PicPick screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    PicPick Features

    1.  Full-page Screenshot
    2.  Edit screenshots
    3.  Portable
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Record desktop activity
    6.  Share screenshots
    7.  Color Palette
    8.  Tabbed interface
    PicPick iconColorAid Icon

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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
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    gpick

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    A color picker and color scheme creation tool.

    86 gpick alternatives
    color picker

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    gpick Features

    1.  Extract color palettes from images
    2.  Built-in Color Picker
    3.  Color Palette
    4.  Color management
    color picker - sliders
    scheme generation
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    scheme generation
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    • 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
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    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.

    87 Just Color Picker alternatives
    Main UI

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Just Color Picker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Color Palette
    Tool: Text
    Tool: RGB Colour Wheel
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    Tool: RYB Colour Wheel
    Just Color Picker iconColorAid Icon

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    • 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

    A full-featured screen capture tool, Intuitive image editor, color picker, color palette, pixel-ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and more.

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    Instant Eyedropper

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    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.

    80 Instant Eyedropper alternatives
    Instant Eyedropper screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Sip icon
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    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!.

    72 Sip alternatives
    Sip screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Sip Features

    1.  Built-in Color Picker
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    Sip iconColorAid Icon

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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
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    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.

    74 Pixie alternatives
    Pixie at work

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Pixie screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Super tiny application
    4.  GNU/linux-libre
    Pixie iconColorAid Icon

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  10. System Color Picker icon
    System Color Picker icon

    System Color Picker

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    Pick colors from anywhere using the built-in color picker.

    82 System Color Picker alternatives
    System Color Picker screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    System Color Picker Features

    1.  Sits in the MenuBar
    System Color Picker screenshot 1
    System Color Picker iconColorAid Icon

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  11. Coulr icon
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    Coulr

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    Color box to help developers and designers.

    56 Coulr alternatives
    Coulr screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Coulr Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Gtk
    Coulr screenshot 1
    Coulr iconColorAid Icon

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  12. Free Color Picker icon
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    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...

    60 Free Color Picker alternatives
    The main window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Color wheel
    Main window collapsed
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    Color dialog and editor

    Free Color Picker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Built-in Color Picker
    3.  Support for CMYK Mode
    4.  Color Wheel
    5.  Color Palette
    Free Color Picker iconColorAid Icon

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  13. Pika icon
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    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.

    79 Pika alternatives
    Pika screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Pika Features

    1.  Built-in Color Picker
    2.  Color Palette
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    Pika iconColorAid Icon

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  14. Eyedropper icon
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    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.

    55 Eyedropper alternatives
    Eyedropper screenshot 1
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Eyedropper Features

    1.  Gtk
    2.  Rust
    Eyedropper iconColorAid Icon

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    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.

    75 gcolor2 alternatives
    The gcolor2 interface

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    gcolor2 Features

    1.  Color Palette
    Discontinued

    It was last updated in 2013.

    gcolor2 iconColorAid Icon

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