LifeDropper AlternativesColor Picker Tools and other similar apps like LifeDropper

LifeDropper is described as 'Is point and shoot colour analysis for graphic designers, interior designers, artists, and everyone in between' and is a Color Picker tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to LifeDropper for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPhone, Linux and Web-based apps. The best LifeDropper alternative is Just Color Picker, which is free. Other great apps like LifeDropper are Realtime Colors, Instant Eyedropper, Sip and Pika.

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  1. 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.

    70 Realtime Colors alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Figma
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  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!.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. 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)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  7. 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)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. 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

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  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.

    77 Color Cop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. ColorMania icon
     15 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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