Pickard AlternativesColor Picker Tools and other similar apps like Pickard

Pickard is described as 'Open source color selection tool, licensed under the GNU General Public License, that has many features of the color pickers you can find in high-level image processing applications (like Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or GIMP), its features includes:' and is a Color Picker tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Pickard for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPhone, Linux and Web-based apps. The best Pickard alternative is Realtime Colors, which is free. Other great apps like Pickard are Just Color Picker, Instant Eyedropper, Sip and Pixie.

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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 Pickard.

    • Realtime Colors is the most popular free alternative to Pickard.

    • Realtime Colors is Free and ProprietaryPickard is also Free and Proprietary
    • Realtime Colors is LightweightPickard is not according to our users
  2. 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
    Main UI
     

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

    • Just Color Picker is Free and ProprietaryPickard is also Free and Proprietary
  4. Instant Eyedropper icon

    Instant Eyedropper

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    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.

    85 Instant Eyedropper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Instant Eyedropper is the most popular Open Source alternative to Pickard.

    • Instant Eyedropper is Free and Open SourcePickard is Free and Proprietary
  5. 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
    Sip screenshot 1
     

    • Sip is the most popular commercial alternative to Pickard.

    • Sip is Paid and ProprietaryPickard is Free and Proprietary
  6. 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
    Pixie at work
     
  7. 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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    • Eyedropper is the most popular Linux alternative to Pickard.

    • Eyedropper is Free and Open SourcePickard is Free and Proprietary
    • Eyedropper is Privacy focused and LightweightPickard is not according to our users
  9. 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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  10. Free Color Picker icon

    Free Color Picker

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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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. gcolor2 icon

    gcolor2

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    The gcolor2 interface
     
  13. Colora icon

    Colora

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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