xcolor is a lightweight color picker for X11.
Use the mouse to select colors visible anywhere on the screen to get their RGB representation. By default, the selected color is printed to the standard output.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Magnifier view.
- Live preview functionality that continuously displays the color under the cursor:
-Sor--scaleflag controls the upscaling (or zoom) of the preview. By default it is set to 8 which indicates an 8x zoom level.
Website: github.com/Soft/xcolor
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Developer: Samuel Laurén
License: MIT License
xcolor is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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