Instant Eyedropper AlternativesColor Picker Tools and other similar apps like Instant Eyedropper

Apps similar to Instant Eyedropper include gpick, which is free and open source. Other options are Sip, Just Color Picker, Realtime Colors and PowerToys - Color Picker. You're spoiled for choice with Color Picker Tools like Instant Eyedropper: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and iPhone.

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  1. Sip icon
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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!.

    87 Sip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  2. 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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  3. 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 (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  4. ColorZilla icon
     22 likes

    ColorZilla is an extension for Mozilla Firefox and the Mozilla Suite.

    It assists web developers and graphic designers with color related tasks - both basic and advanced.

    With ColorZilla you can get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly adjust this color and pa.

    41 ColorZilla alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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  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.

    82 Pixie alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Colorpicker is a clean, easy to use, yet efficient desktop application for color management. Pick any color on your screen with Colorpicker.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  8. ColorKeep icon
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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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. Pipette icon
     10 likes

    With the pipette you are able to edit, convert and pick up colors from your screen. Pipette also supports a lot of standards or color models (RGB, CMY, CMYK, HSV, TColor and XYZ0). Color models are nothing but theoretical descriptions of colors using certain numeric values.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Eyedropper icon
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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.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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