Free DigitalColor Meter Alternatives

The best free alternative to DigitalColor Meter is gpick, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to DigitalColor Meter and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to DigitalColor Meter are Just Color Picker, Realtime Colors, Instant Eyedropper and Eyedropper.

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  1. gpick icon
     44 likes

    A color picker and color scheme creation tool.

    104 gpick alternatives

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    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  2. 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.

    104 Just Color Picker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  3. 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.

    75 Realtime Colors alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Figma
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  4. 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.

    95 Instant Eyedropper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Eyedropper icon
     3 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.

    Cost / License

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    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Flathub
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  6. Pick colors from anywhere using the built-in color picker.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Pika icon
     8 likes

    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.

    96 Pika alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Coulr icon
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    Color box to help developers and designers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
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  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  11. Colora icon
     12 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Windows
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