ColorSnapper AlternativesColor Picker Tools and other similar apps like ColorSnapper

ColorSnapper is described as '— the missing color picker for OS X' and is a Color Picker tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to ColorSnapper for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPhone, Web-based and iPad apps. The best ColorSnapper alternative is Just Color Picker, which is free. Other great apps like ColorSnapper are Instant Eyedropper, Sip, Pixie and Pika.

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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
     
    • Just Color Picker is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to ColorSnapper.

    • Just Color Picker is the most popular free alternative to ColorSnapper.

    • Just Color Picker is Free and ProprietaryColorSnapper is Paid and Proprietary
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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.

    85 Instant Eyedropper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Instant Eyedropper is the most popular Open Source alternative to ColorSnapper.

    • Instant Eyedropper is Free and Open SourceColorSnapper is Paid and Proprietary
  3. 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!.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Comments about Sip as an Alternative to ColorSnapper
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    Nice application and easy to use. Of all the apps, it had the closest feature set to ColorSnapper and was easier to get up and going with.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Sip is the most popular commercial alternative to ColorSnapper.

    • Sip is Paid and ProprietaryColorSnapper is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. Pixie icon
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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
     
  5. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. gcolor2 icon
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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
     
    • gcolor2 is the most popular Linux alternative to ColorSnapper.

    • gcolor2 is Free and Open SourceColorSnapper is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Colora icon
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    Color converter, screen color picker and color palettes for Windows. Colora is a small but powerful color converter and screen color picker for Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Color Cop icon
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    Color Cop is a multi-purpose color picker for web designers and programmers. It features an eyedropper, magnifier, variable magnification levels, 3 by 3 and 5 by 5 average sampling, snap to websafe, color history, and a 42 color complementary palette.

    76 Color Cop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. ColorMania icon
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    ColorMania is a colorpicker for Windows. It's the perfect solution for previewing, identifying, testing and organizing color values. It can be a very difficult job to get your colors right for a unique or appealing design.

    88 ColorMania alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Pixel Pick icon
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    Pixel Pick is a free color picker tool that pick the pixels color under your mouse cursor on the desktop and translates it into a number of different color formats such as RGB, CMYK, HSB, HEX or Web Color format. A free color picker for grabbing color under your mouse .

    91 Pixel Pick alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Loupe icon
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    Loupe provides a magnified view of what’s on-screen under your mouse cursor?—?designed from the start to be easy on your computer while also being feature rich. Whether you’re a graphic designer needing to inspect artwork, or a developer trying to align UI elements, Loupe can...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. ColorPad icon
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    A very lighweight yet powerful color picking tool. Skin support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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