Sip AlternativesColor Picker Tools and other similar apps like Sip

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

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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.

    66 Realtime Colors alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

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

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Live Preview
    3.  No Coding Required
    4.  Portable
    5.  WYSIWYG Support
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Non Destructive Editing
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Auto Layout
    11.  Figma plugin
    12.  Gradients

    Realtime Colors VS Sip

     
    • Realtime Colors is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Sip.

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

    • Realtime Colors is Free and ProprietarySip is Paid and Proprietary
    • Realtime Colors is LightweightSip is not according to our users
  2. gpick icon
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    A color picker and color scheme creation tool.

    90 gpick alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • LT flagLithuania
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    gpick Features

    1.  Extract color palettes from images
    2.  Built-in Color Picker
    3.  Color Palette
    4.  Color management

    gpick VS Sip

     
    • gpick is the most popular Linux alternative to Sip.

    • gpick is the most popular Open Source alternative to Sip.

    • gpick is Free and Open SourceSip is Paid and Proprietary
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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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Just Color Picker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Color Palette

    Just Color Picker VS Sip

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

    • Just Color Picker is Free and ProprietarySip is Paid and Proprietary
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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.

    84 Instant Eyedropper alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Instant Eyedropper VS Sip

     
  5. Pixie icon
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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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Super tiny application
    4.  GNU/linux-libre

    Pixie VS Sip

     
  6. 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.

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Import CSV Data
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Sits in the MenuBar
    8.  Clipboard monitoring
    9.  Color Palette
    10.  Color management

    ColorKeep VS Sip

     
    • ColorKeep is the most popular commercial alternative to Sip.

    • ColorKeep is Paid and ProprietarySip is also Paid and Proprietary
    • ColorKeep is Lightweight and Privacy focusedSip is not according to our users
  7. 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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Rust
    7.  Gtk

    Eyedropper VS Sip

     
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    Pick colors from anywhere using the built-in color picker.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Mac

    System Color Picker Features

    1.  Sits in the MenuBar

    System Color Picker VS Sip

     
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    A system-wide color picking utility for Windows to pick colors from any screen and copy it in a configurable format to your clipboard.

    60 PowerToys - Color Picker alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PowerToys - Color Picker Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Built-in Color Picker
    4.  Hex Editor
    5.  Extract color palettes from images
    6.  Hexadecimal

    PowerToys - Color Picker VS Sip

     
  10. Coulr icon
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    Color box to help developers and designers.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Coulr Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Gtk

    Coulr VS Sip

     
  11. 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 Sip

     
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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 Sip

     
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