colortypist Alternatives

colortypist is described as 'Very simple Windows program that allows you to type in a color code and see that Color fill your entire screen, in real-time, while you type' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 50 alternatives to colortypist for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best colortypist alternative is gpick, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like colortypist are Just Color Picker, Realtime Colors, Sip and Instant Eyedropper.

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  1. If you want to choose a color palette for UI properly, the least you have to do is put them on a lofi UI or grayscale the entire UI on Figma, Adobe XD, or similar platforms to get a better idea of what those colors will actually look like on a product.

    75 Realtime Colors alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Figma
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. Sip icon
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    The refreshingly simple color picker for developers that instantly samples and encodes any color on your screen. Just one quick click to savor the flavor and you're set!.

    86 Sip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. Instant Eyedropper is a free color detection tool for webmasters that will identify and automatically paste to the clipboard the HTML color code of any pixel on the screen with just a single mouse click.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Pika icon
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    Pika (pronounced pi·kuh, like picker) is an easy to use, open-source, native colour picker for macOS. Pika makes it simple to quickly find colours on screen, in the format you need, so you can get on with being a speedy, successful designer.

    92 Pika alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. Pixie icon
     43 likes

    Small utility that can show you coordinates and color of any pixel on your screen in different formats (HEX, HTML, RGB, CMYK, HSV). It's staying on top, displays a color of that pixel under mouse cursor, the program can magnify that zone w/ hotkey.

    82 Pixie alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. ColorKeep icon
     Like

    ColorKeep is a lightweight, powerful clipboard companion that ensures you never lose track of your colors again. Designed for professionals who work with color daily, this app silently captures HEX codes from your clipboard and maintains them in an easily accessible list.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Pick colors from anywhere using the built-in color picker.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. gcolor2 icon
     23 likes

    gcolor2 is a basic colourpicker utility that allows you to select any colour on your screen, and, well, grab it's colour. It also allows you to save the colour you create to a file, which shows up as a list in the application.

    84 gcolor2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  9. ColorPic icon
     21 likes

    Ever tried using a color picker on a high resolution monitor? Its impossible. Thats why this color picker has a magnifier attached. Grab palettes of up to 16 colors at once and use four advanced color mixers to select a spectrum of possibilities.

    89 ColorPic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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