ColSel Alternatives

ColSel is described as 'can help in choosing appropriate colors when you change the desktop color' and is an app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to ColSel for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best ColSel alternative is Just Color Picker, which is free. Other great apps like ColSel are Instant Eyedropper, Pixie, gcolor2 and Free Color Picker.

ColSel alternatives page was last updated

ColSel

Free • Proprietary

ColSel can help in choosing appropriate colors when you change the desktop color.

More about ColSel

Just Color Picker
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
79 Just Color Picker alternatives
Free color picker and color mixing tool, including harmonious colors finder, RGB and RYB colour wheels, gradient and code to colour conversion
- - Just Color Picker is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to ColSel.
- - Just Color Picker is the most popular free alternative to ColSel.
Suggest and vote on features
Just Color Picker Features
1. PortableJust Color Picker can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Color PickerJust Color Picker allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
Color Palette
Instant Eyedropper
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Open Source
Windows
74 Instant Eyedropper alternatives
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.
- - Instant Eyedropper is the most popular Open Source alternative to ColSel.
Suggest and vote on features
Instant Eyedropper Features
1. Color PickerInstant Eyedropper allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
Pixie
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Proprietary
Windows
70 Pixie alternatives
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.
Suggest and vote on features
Pixie Features
1. Color PickerPixie allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
2. LightweightPixie consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. PortablePixie can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
GNU/linux-libre
Super tiny application
gcolor2
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Open Source
Linux
Xfce
72 gcolor2 alternatives
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.
- - gcolor2 is the most popular Linux alternative to ColSel.
Suggest and vote on features
gcolor2 Features
1. Color Pickergcolor2 allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
Color Palette
Discontinued
It was last updated in 2013.
Free Color Picker
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Open Source
Windows
53 Free Color Picker alternatives
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...
Suggest and vote on features
Free Color Picker Features
1. PortableFree Color Picker can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Color PickerFree Color Picker allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
3. Support for CMYK ModeFree Color Picker allows you to work using the color scheme for printing, combining the primary pigments (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key).
Built-in Color picker
Color Wheel
Color Palette
Sip
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Paid • Proprietary
Mac
66 Sip alternatives
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! See what’s on special with Sip below.
- - Sip is the most popular commercial alternative to ColSel.
Suggest and vote on features
Sip Features
1. Color PickerSip allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
Pixel Pick
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Proprietary
Windows
84 Pixel Pick alternatives
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 .
Suggest and vote on features
Pixel Pick Features
1. PortablePixel Pick can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Color PickerPixel Pick allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
Picker
Colora
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Open Source
Windows
72 Colora alternatives
Color converter, screen color picker and color palettes for Windows. Colora is a small but powerful color converter and screen color picker for Windows.
Suggest and vote on features
Colora Features
1. Color PickerColora allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
2. PortableColora can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Color Palette
Color Cop
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Proprietary
Windows
69 Color Cop alternatives
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.
Suggest and vote on features
Color Cop Features
1. Color PickerColor Cop allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
Color Palette
Discontinued
The project isn't being developed anymore. Last commit was from 25 Sep 2015.
ColorPad
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free • Proprietary
Windows
53 ColorPad alternatives
A very lighweight yet powerful color picking tool. Skin support.
Suggest and vote on features
ColorPad Features
1. Color PickerColorPad allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
2. PortableColorPad can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.7, released on 2008, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.
ColorPic
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Paid • Proprietary
Windows
76 ColorPic alternatives
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.
Suggest and vote on features
ColorPic Features
1. Color PickerColorPic allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
Picker
Pika
Is this is a good alternative?
Yes
No
Free Personal • Open Source
Mac
76 Pika alternatives
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.
Suggest and vote on features
Pika Features
1. Color PickerPika allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
Built-in Color picker
Color Palette