Colorpicker is a minimal but complete color-picker desktop app.
It aims to be efficient through its interface. Every features are accessible from the toolbar and shortcuts. You have the possibility to choose any color thanks to the three RGB sliders (soon HSL, CMYK, …).
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Pin: pin Colorpicker to the foreground;
- Picker: open an eyedropper who can pick a color from your desktop;
- Colorsbook: open Colorsbook, a color manager;
- Shading: show three bar of shading — hue bar, natural bar and lightness bar;
- Clean Vue: unshow menu, ranges and inputs;
- Magic color: show colors from the clipboard;
- Random: show a random color;
- Settings: open the preferences panel.
Website: colorpicker.fr
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Toinane
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Colorpicker is written in JavaScript. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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