System Color Picker 4+

The built-in color picker

Sindre Sorhus

    • 4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
    • 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

4.9 out of 5
2.2K Ratings

2.2K Ratings

tqwhite ,

Use This One

I do not use this every day. I have tried a zillion color picking tools. Usually, I can't figure out how to use it when the need arises two months later. This one I can. It responds to 'color' in Spotlight so I can find it.

Also, it does exactly what I want. Click the eyedropper, click anything I can see, click next to the representation I want. DONE.

AND, if that's not enough, it contributes to the system swatch library so I can add an unusual color to my email if I want.

EdiPhone ,

Great color picker

A great way to access the system color picker in a standalone app, with option in settings to show in the menubar as well. Wish I could change the menubar icon to a custom one, the standard one is small and looks out of place next to my other menubar icons. I was able to download and add other .clr color palettes to my Library/Colors directory (Pantone ones by Midwinter Duncan Grant) which show up in the 3rd tab palettes list after restarting the app.

brandonjp.com ,

Even better if you change the settings

Install this > Go to it's Settings > turn on "Copy color...after picking" > turn on "Quit after picking" (if you want) > click turn on "Show color sampler when opening"

Now this app is even better. You open it. It automatically is ready to pick a color. You pick a color. It copies it. It closes itself. You paste the color. You continue working.

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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