DigitalColor Meter Alternatives

DigitalColor Meter is described as 'Utility built into Mac OS X for measuring and displaying the colour values of pixels displayed on the screen' and is an app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to DigitalColor Meter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Web-based apps. The best DigitalColor Meter alternative is Realtime Colors, which is free. Other great apps like DigitalColor Meter are gpick, Just Color Picker, Pixie and Instant Eyedropper.

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Figma
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Realtime Colors is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to DigitalColor Meter.

    • Realtime Colors is the most popular free alternative to DigitalColor Meter.

    • Realtime Colors is Free and ProprietaryDigitalColor Meter is also Free and Proprietary
    • Realtime Colors is LightweightDigitalColor Meter is not according to our users
  2. gpick icon

    gpick

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    A color picker and color scheme creation tool.

    92 gpick alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    • gpick is the most popular Linux alternative to DigitalColor Meter.

    • gpick is the most popular Open Source alternative to DigitalColor Meter.

    • gpick is Free and Open SourceDigitalColor Meter 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.

    92 Just Color Picker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    • Just Color Picker is Free and ProprietaryDigitalColor Meter is also Free and Proprietary
  5. 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.

    78 Pixie alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. 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!.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Sip is the most popular commercial alternative to DigitalColor Meter.

    • Sip is Paid and ProprietaryDigitalColor Meter is Free and Proprietary
  9. Eyedropper icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PowerToys - Color Picker screenshot 1
     
  14. Coulr icon

    Coulr

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    Color box to help developers and designers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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