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, Android and iPhone apps. The best ColSel alternative is Instant Eyedropper, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ColSel are Just Color Picker, Sip, Eyedropper and Pixie.

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

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ColSel alternatives page was last updated Oct 14, 2022
  1. Instant Eyedropper icon
     34 likes

    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.

    77 Instant Eyedropper alternatives
    Instant Eyedropper screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Instant Eyedropper Features

    1.  Color Picker
    Instant Eyedropper iconColSel Icon

    Instant Eyedropper VS ColSel

    Is Instant Eyedropper a good alternative to ColSel?
     
    • Instant Eyedropper is the most popular Windows alternative to ColSel.

    • Instant Eyedropper is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ColSel.

    • Instant Eyedropper is Free and Open SourceColSel is Free and Proprietary
  2. Just Color Picker icon
     33 likes

    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.

    83 Just Color Picker alternatives
    Main UI

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Just Color Picker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Color Picker
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Color Palette
    Just Color Picker iconColSel Icon

    Just Color Picker VS ColSel

    Is Just Color Picker a good alternative to ColSel?
     
    • Just Color Picker is the most popular Mac alternative to ColSel.

    • Just Color Picker is Free and ProprietaryColSel is also Free and Proprietary
  3. Sip icon
     16 likes

    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!.

    69 Sip alternatives
    Sip screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Sip Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Built-in Color picker
    Sip iconColSel Icon

    Sip VS ColSel

    Is Sip a good alternative to ColSel?
     
    • Sip is the most popular commercial alternative to ColSel.

    • Sip is Paid and ProprietaryColSel is Free and Proprietary
  4. Eyedropper icon
     2 likes

    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.

    52 Eyedropper alternatives
    Eyedropper screenshot 1
    Eyedropper screenshot 2
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    Eyedropper screenshot 3

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Eyedropper Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Gtk
    3.  Rust
    Eyedropper iconColSel Icon

    Eyedropper VS ColSel

    Is Eyedropper a good alternative to ColSel?
     
    • Eyedropper is the most popular Linux alternative to ColSel.

    • Eyedropper is Free and Open SourceColSel is Free and Proprietary
  5. Pixie icon
     43 likes

    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.

    72 Pixie alternatives
    Pixie at work

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Portable
    3.  Super tiny application
    4.  GNU/linux-libre
    Pixie iconColSel Icon

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  6. Free Color Picker icon
     8 likes

    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...

    57 Free Color Picker alternatives
    The main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Free Color Picker Features

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

    Free Color Picker VS ColSel

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  7. gcolor2 icon
     23 likes

    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.

    74 gcolor2 alternatives
    The gcolor2 interface

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    gcolor2 Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Color Palette
    Discontinued

    It was last updated in 2013.

    gcolor2 iconColSel Icon

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  8. Pixel Pick icon
     6 likes

    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 .

    86 Pixel Pick alternatives
    Pixel Pick screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Color Picker
    3.  Picker
    Pixel Pick iconColSel Icon

    Pixel Pick VS ColSel

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  9. Color Cop icon
     22 likes

    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.

    70 Color Cop alternatives
    Color Cop screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Color Cop Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Color Palette
    Discontinued

    The project isn't being developed anymore. Last commit was from 25 Sep 2015.

    Color Cop iconColSel Icon

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  10. ColorPad icon
     5 likes

    A very lighweight yet powerful color picking tool. Skin support.

    54 ColorPad alternatives
    Gaia skin

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ColorPad Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Portable
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.7, released on 2008, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.

    ColorPad iconColSel Icon

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  11. Colora icon
     11 likes

    Color converter, screen color picker and color palettes for Windows. Colora is a small but powerful color converter and screen color picker for Windows.

    74 Colora alternatives
    Colora screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Colora Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Portable
    3.  Color Palette
    Colora iconColSel Icon

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  12. ColorPic icon
     20 likes

    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.

    78 ColorPic alternatives
    ColorPic screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ColorPic Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Picker
    ColorPic iconColSel Icon

    ColorPic VS ColSel

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