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System Color Picker 4+
The built-in color picker
Sindre Sorhus
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- Free
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Description
Pick colors from anywhere using the built-in color picker.
■ Features
- Palettes
- Recently picked colors
- Quickly copy, paste, and convert colors in Hex, HSL, RGB, LCH format
- Show as a normal app or in the menu bar
- Pick a color or toggle the window from anywhere with a global keyboard shortcut
- Make the window stay on top of all other windows
- Launch it at login (when in the menu bar)
- Hide menu bar icon
- Shortcuts support
■ Tip
Press the Space key while using the color sampler to show the RGB values. The color sampler is a system component and it can unfortunately not show other kinds of color values.
■ Keyboard shortcuts
You can use the following keyboard shortcuts in the app:
- Pick color: Command+p
- Copy as Hex: Shift+Command+h
- Copy as HSL: Shift+Command+s
- Copy as RGB: Shift+Command+r
- Copy as OKLCH: Shift+Command+o
- Copy as LCH: Shift+Command+l
- Paste color: Shift+Command+v (In the format Hex, HSL, RGB, or LCH)
- Reset opacity: Control+Shift+o
■ Support
Use the feedback button in the “Help” menu in the app.
■ Open-source
The app is open-source on GitHub (see the website).
What’s New
Version 2.0.3
- Bug fixes.
Ratings and Reviews
I love this color picker
Yes, its true. Why doesn't every app work this well. Yes, its a color picker...but its an intutive color picker. It just seems to work just as you need it to. Its got simplicity (I use it to grab hex colors for my web design) but its got complexity too if you need it. The magnifier works perfectly. I simply click over the color, and hey presto the hex number (with hash tag and in capitals) is saved to my clipboard..and over the dreamweaver I go with my ctrl v fingers at the ready. Well done Mr Developer! You completed the app task perfectly.
Very handy when using colours
As a developer or a desingner when you need to either get a colour, or explore some variation on an option, this little app addresses the needs.
Does what it says on the tin
This is definetly a very good color picker. My only grip is that the scope is perhaps a bit too small, because you can't seem to (at least I haven't figured out how to) paste in color codes, and then manipulate them that way. Often I will have a color in hex or hsl format already and just need to tweak it slightly. Can't seem to do that with this app, it only allows picking colors, not setting them.
But other than that this is a fantastic app!
Developer Response ,
You can already do this. Just click the paste button (the second button in the toolbar, after the color picker button). You can also find it in the menu bar (when not in menu bar mode). Or you could press Shift+Command+V when the window is focused. For additional questions, there's a support button in the app.
App Privacy
The developer, Sindre Sorhus, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Provider
- Sindre Sorhus
- Size
- 3.4 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 14.4 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Sindre Sorhus
- Price
- Free