Eyedropper is a color selection and conversion utility designed for users who need to work with several color representations. It allows colors to be sampled from the screen, entered manually, or examined in formats used in graphic design, web development, and color analysis.
Unlike basic color pickers that display only hexadecimal and RGB values, Eyedropper supports a much wider collection of color spaces. A selected color can be viewed in perceptual, device-oriented, and mathematical representations, making it useful when comparing colors or preparing values for different applications.
The interface allows users to choose which representations appear and arrange them in a preferred order. It also includes a shade generator for producing related colors from an existing selection. Color names can be matched against established collections, including web colors, GNOME palette names, and the xkcd color survey.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Pick colors directly from the screen.
- Enter colors using hexadecimal notation.
- Parse RGB, RGBA, and ARGB hexadecimal values.
- Display HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, XYZ, and HWB color representations.
- Support for CIELAB, CIELCh/HCL, LMS, and Hunter Lab color spaces.
- Match colors against W3C, GNOME, and xkcd naming collections.
- Customise which color formats are displayed.
- Rearrange color formats in the preferred display order.
- Generate palettes containing different shades of a selected color.
- Copy formatted color values for use in other applications.
- Graphical color selection and adjustment controls.
Website: github.com/FineFindus/eyedropper
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Developer: FineFindus
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Eyedropper is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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