Visual Color Picker Alternatives

Visual Color Picker is described as 'Is very easy to use and powerful RGB-HSV-HSL-CMYK-HEX color selector. The program allows you to easily capture color value from any position of the screen even if program does not have input focus. The program has small screen capture preview area' and is an app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Visual Color Picker for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Visual Color Picker alternative is Realtime Colors, which is free. Other great apps like Visual Color Picker are Instant Eyedropper, Just Color Picker, Sip and Eyedropper.

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Visual Color Picker alternatives page was last updated Jul 7, 2024
  1. Realtime Colors icon
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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.

    58 Realtime Colors alternatives
    Realtime Colors screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

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

    Top Realtime Colors Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Live Preview
    3.  Color Picker
    4.  No Coding Required
    5.  Portable
    6.  WYSIWYG Support
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Lightweight
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Non Destructive Editing
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Auto Layout
    Realtime Colors iconVisual Color Picker Icon

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    • Realtime Colors is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Visual Color Picker.

    • Realtime Colors is the most popular free alternative to Visual Color Picker.

    • Realtime Colors is Free and ProprietaryVisual Color Picker is also Free and Proprietary
    • Realtime Colors is LightweightVisual Color Picker is not according to our users
  2. Instant Eyedropper icon
     34 likes

    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.

    77 Instant Eyedropper alternatives
    Instant Eyedropper screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Instant Eyedropper Features

    1.  Color Picker
    Instant Eyedropper iconVisual Color Picker Icon

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    • Instant Eyedropper is the most popular Windows alternative to Visual Color Picker.

    • Instant Eyedropper is the most popular Open Source alternative to Visual Color Picker.

    • Instant Eyedropper is Free and Open SourceVisual Color Picker is Free and Proprietary
  3. Just Color Picker icon
     33 likes

    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.

    83 Just Color Picker alternatives
    Main UI

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Just Color Picker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Color Picker
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Color Palette
    Just Color Picker iconVisual Color Picker Icon

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    • Just Color Picker is the most popular Mac alternative to Visual Color Picker.

    • Just Color Picker is Free and ProprietaryVisual Color Picker is also Free and Proprietary
  4. 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!.

    69 Sip alternatives
    Sip screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Sip Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Built-in Color picker
    Sip iconVisual Color Picker Icon

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    • Sip is the most popular commercial alternative to Visual Color Picker.

    • Sip is Paid and ProprietaryVisual Color Picker is Free and Proprietary
  5. Eyedropper icon
     2 likes

    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.

    52 Eyedropper alternatives
    Eyedropper screenshot 1
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Eyedropper Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Gtk
    3.  Rust
    Eyedropper iconVisual Color Picker Icon

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    • Eyedropper is the most popular Linux alternative to Visual Color Picker.

    • Eyedropper is Free and Open SourceVisual Color Picker is Free and Proprietary
  6. 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.

    72 Pixie alternatives
    Pixie at work

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Pixie Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Portable
    4.  Super tiny application
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  GNU/linux-libre
    Pixie iconVisual Color Picker Icon

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  7. PowerToys - Color Picker icon
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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.

    55 PowerToys - Color Picker alternatives
    PowerToys - Color Picker screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PowerToys - Color Picker Features

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

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  8. Free Color Picker icon
     8 likes

    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...

    57 Free Color Picker alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Free Color Picker Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Color Picker
    3.  Support for CMYK Mode
    4.  Built-in Color picker
    5.  Color Wheel
    6.  Color Palette
    Free Color Picker iconVisual Color Picker Icon

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  9. Color Picker Tray icon
     2 likes

    KDE Plasma color picker widget for the system tray.

    52 Color Picker Tray alternatives
    Color Picker Tray screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma

    Color Picker Tray Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Lightweight
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Color Picker
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  KDE Plasma integration
    9.  KDE Widget
    10.  Sits in the System Tray
    Color Picker Tray iconVisual Color Picker Icon

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  10. 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.

    74 gcolor2 alternatives
    The gcolor2 interface

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    gcolor2 Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Color Palette
    Discontinued

    It was last updated in 2013.

    gcolor2 iconVisual Color Picker Icon

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  11. Pixel Pick icon
     6 likes

    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 .

    86 Pixel Pick alternatives
    Pixel Pick screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Pixel Pick Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Color Picker
    4.  Picker
    Pixel Pick iconVisual Color Picker Icon

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  12. 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.

    70 Color Cop alternatives
    Color Cop screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Color Cop Features

    1.  Color Picker
    2.  Color Palette
    Discontinued

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

    Color Cop iconVisual Color Picker Icon

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