ColorPicker
Windows system-wide color picker
Simple and quick system-wide color picker. Pick colors from any currently running application.
Now also part of PowerToys!
To open Color Picker - (default shortcut) - Left Ctrl + Break
To pick a color - Left mouse click - copies selected color into the clipboard in the selected format (rgb/hex/hsl/hsv)
To zoom in - Mouse wheel
To open Colors History Palette - Right mouse click while Color Picker opened - holds up to 10 previously copied colors
To get an average color in a selected area - Left and hold mouse click while Color Picker opened - select the area - color is copied on the left mouse button released
Download the latest release here
Color picking
Color history
Average color of the area
Currently supported color formats and their string representation:
- HEX - #292929
- RGB - rgb(31,31,31)
- HSL - hsl(0, 0%, 12%)
- HSV - hsv(0, 0, 12)
- VEC4 - vec4(0.122, 0.122, 0.122, 1)
- RGB565 - #4C8A
- DecimalBE (Big-endian) - 2114460
- DecimalLE (Little-endian) - 1213756
Differences from the implementation in PowerToys
- different set of supported color formats
- color meter feature (average color of an area)
- quick colors history palette
- different design
- no telemetry
- lightweight