What The Hex? AlternativesColor Picker Tools and other similar apps like What The Hex?

What The Hex? has been discontinued. Similar apps include gpick, which is free and open source. Other options are Instant Eyedropper, System Color Picker, Pixie and ColorKeep. Color Picker Tools like What The Hex? are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and iPhone.

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  1. gpick icon
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    A color picker and color scheme creation tool.

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    • Linux
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  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

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

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    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  6. Colora icon
     13 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.

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    • Windows
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  7. Coulr icon
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    Color box to help developers and designers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Linux Mobile
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  8. 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.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  10. 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 .

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  11. ColorSlurp icon
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    ColorSlurp is the ultimate color tool for developers and designers. Pick any color on your screen using the high-precision magnifier. Create and edit colors using advanced selection and editing tools. Organize colors into collections.

    89 ColorSlurp alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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