colortypist Alternatives

colortypist is described as 'Very simple Windows program that allows you to type in a color code and see that Color fill your entire screen, in real-time, while you type' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to colortypist for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Web-based apps. The best colortypist alternative is Realtime Colors, which is free. Other great apps like colortypist are gpick, Just Color Picker, Instant Eyedropper and Sip.

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colortypist alternatives page was last updated Mar 21, 2025
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  1. Realtime Colors icon

    Realtime Colors

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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.

    66 Realtime Colors alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Figma
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Realtime Colors screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Live Preview
    3.  No Coding Required
    4.  Portable
    5.  WYSIWYG Support
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Non Destructive Editing
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Auto Layout
    11.  Figma plugin
    12.  Gradients

    Realtime Colors VS colortypist

     

    • Realtime Colors is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to colortypist.

    • Realtime Colors is the most popular free alternative to colortypist.

    • Realtime Colors is Free and Proprietarycolortypist is also Free and Proprietary
    • Realtime Colors is Lightweightcolortypist is not according to our users
  2. gpick icon

    gpick

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    A color picker and color scheme creation tool.

    90 gpick alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • LT flagLithuania
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    color picker

    gpick Features

    1.  Extract color palettes from images
    2.  Built-in Color Picker
    3.  Color Palette
    4.  Color management

    gpick VS colortypist

     

    • gpick is the most popular Linux alternative to colortypist.

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

    • gpick is Free and Open Sourcecolortypist 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.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Main UI

    Just Color Picker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Color Palette

    Just Color Picker VS colortypist

     

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

    • Just Color Picker is Free and Proprietarycolortypist is also Free and Proprietary
  5. Instant Eyedropper icon

    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.

    84 Instant Eyedropper alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Instant Eyedropper screenshot 1

    Instant Eyedropper VS colortypist

     
  6. 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!.

    76 Sip alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Sip screenshot 1

    Sip Features

    1.  Built-in Color Picker

    Sip VS colortypist

     

    • Sip is the most popular commercial alternative to colortypist.

    • Sip is Paid and Proprietarycolortypist is Free and Proprietary
  7. ColorKeep icon

    ColorKeep

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    ColorKeep is a lightweight, powerful clipboard companion that ensures you never lose track of your colors again. Designed for professionals who work with color daily, this app silently captures HEX codes from your clipboard and maintains them in an easily accessible list.

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    ColorKeep screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Import CSV Data
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Sits in the MenuBar
    8.  Clipboard monitoring
    9.  Color Palette
    10.  Color management

    ColorKeep VS colortypist

     
  9. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Pixie at work

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    Pixie VS colortypist

     
  10. System Color Picker icon

    System Color Picker

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

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Mac
    System Color Picker screenshot 1

    System Color Picker Features

    1.  Sits in the MenuBar

    System Color Picker VS colortypist

     
  11. PowerToys - Color Picker icon

    PowerToys - Color Picker

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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.

    60 PowerToys - Color Picker alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PowerToys - Color Picker screenshot 1

    PowerToys - Color Picker Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Built-in Color Picker
    4.  Hex Editor
    5.  Extract color palettes from images
    6.  Hexadecimal

    PowerToys - Color Picker VS colortypist

     
  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.

    83 Pika alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Pika screenshot 1

    Pika Features

    1.  Built-in Color Picker
    2.  Color Palette

    Pika VS colortypist

     
  13. Color Picker Tray icon

    Color Picker Tray

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    KDE Plasma color picker widget for the system tray.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    Color Picker Tray screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Ad-free
    6. KDE Plasma icon  KDE Plasma integration
    7.  KDE Widget
    8.  Sits in the System Tray

    Color Picker Tray VS colortypist

     
  14. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    The gcolor2 interface
    Discontinued

    It was last updated in 2013.

    gcolor2 Features

    1.  Color Palette

    gcolor2 VS colortypist

     
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