Instant Eyedropper Alternatives

Instant Eyedropper is described as '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' and is a Color Picker tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Instant Eyedropper for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Instant Eyedropper alternative is Realtime Colors, which is free. Other great apps like Instant Eyedropper are gpick, Just Color Picker, Rickrack and Sip.

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Instant Eyedropper alternatives page was last updated Jan 17, 2025
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  1. Pika icon
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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.

    83 Pika alternatives

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Pika Features

    1.  Built-in Color Picker
    2.  Color Palette

    Pika VS Instant Eyedropper

     
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    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...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Free Color Picker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Built-in Color Picker
    3.  Support for CMYK Mode
    4.  Color Wheel
    5.  Color Palette

    Free Color Picker VS Instant Eyedropper

     
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    KDE Plasma color picker widget for the system tray.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Ad-free
    6. KDE Plasma icon  KDE Plasma integration
    7.  KDE Widget
    8.  Sits in the System Tray

    Color Picker Tray VS Instant Eyedropper

     
  4. gcolor2 icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Discontinued

    It was last updated in 2013.

    gcolor2 Features

    1.  Color Palette

    gcolor2 VS Instant Eyedropper

     
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    A color picker for the COSMIC desktop.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Support for CMYK Mode
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  No Tracking
    7. COSMIC icon  COSMIC integration

    Color Picker for COSMIC VS Instant Eyedropper

     
  6. Color Cop icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

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

    Color Cop Features

    1.  Color Palette

    Color Cop VS Instant Eyedropper

     
  7. Pixel Pick icon
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    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 .

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Picker

    Pixel Pick VS Instant Eyedropper

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Colorpicker Desktop App Features

    1.  Picker
    2.  Color Palette

    Colorpicker Desktop App VS Instant Eyedropper

     
  9. ColorPad icon
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    A very lighweight yet powerful color picking tool. Skin support.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

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

    ColorPad Features

    1.  Portable

    ColorPad VS Instant Eyedropper

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Colora Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Color Palette

    Colora VS Instant Eyedropper

     
  11. ColorPic icon
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    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.

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ColorPic Features

    1.  Picker

    ColorPic VS Instant Eyedropper

     
  12. ColorMania icon
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    ColorMania is a colorpicker for Windows. It's the perfect solution for previewing, identifying, testing and organizing color values. It can be a very difficult job to get your colors right for a unique or appealing design.

    86 ColorMania alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ColorMania Features

    1.  Picker

    ColorMania VS Instant Eyedropper

     
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