Colortypist

Colortypist is a tiny and portable software utility that can turn the background in any color you want, depending on the color code you specify.

It's capable of generating random colors and setting them as the desktop wallpaper. What's more, you can copy color codes. The supported formats are HTML hexadecimal, RGB, and integers.

Since installation isn't required, you can drop the executable file anywhere on the disk and just click it to launch Colortypist. It's also possible to make a copy and save it to a pen drive to directly run it on any PC with minimum effort. More importantly, it doesn't modify the Windows registry settings.

The application gets launched in fullscreen mode and shows the color on the entire desktop. You can type or paste a color code in the dedicated box to view it on the desktop in real time, as well as select the color format between HTML hex, RGB and integer.

As previously mentioned, the app can generate a random color at request, and this can be done with only one click. You can learn more information about a specific color by looking it up on the COLOURlovers website.

A color can be easily set as the desktop wallpaper. You can save it as an HTML page, copy the code to the Clipboard, as well as copy or save the color sample. There are no other notable options provided by this piece of software.

The tool didn't put a strain on the overall performance of the computer during our tests, using low CPU and RAM. It had a good response time to commands and worked smoothly, without triggering the operating system to hang, crash or display error messages.

The bottom line is that Colortypist can be a reliable assistant to any user who works in graphic design or who simply has a passion for the color palette.