CPick

Programming depends almost entirely on code, even for defining window elements. As far as colors are concerned, a computer reads them according to code, and not by name. Chances are you want to use a particular tint in your designs. Luckily, specialized applications like CPick help grab any color on screen, reveal corresponding code, and more.

The main window can feel a little confusing at first, mostly because all it has to offer is found in a pretty tight space. However, accommodation doesn’t take a lot of time, with interactive sliders, and real time updating colors as you select or adjust various attributes.

Picking a color from the screen is done with a dropper tool. Area around the cursor and under it is magnified, with custom values to help accurately select pixels. Not only does the dropper help pick colors from the desktop, but also saves the picture inside the capture zone, which you can send to clipboard or save as an icon file.

By default, the application displays colors in the HEX format, but you can switch to decimal, RGB, HSV, and CMYK. In case colors are used over the Internet, there’s a suggestion box which shows the web safe tint based on your color. Multiple stacks can be saved and easily edited. Every element you click either copies or inserts colors in the corresponding box.

More options are available to choose colors. The main window lets you directly handle RGB and HSV sliders, as well as a built-in palette for more variety. Color lists can be created with tags and saved to file for later processing. What’s more, the application is able to generate CSS style sheets based on colors you pick.

On an ending note, CPick is a powerful application which is sure to help you pick and define any color on screen. Entire lists can easily be created and saved, while picking benefits from multiple modes, like a palette, RGB sliders, as well as a dropper tool for direct extraction.