Color Codes

In case you are designing your website or putting together an application, then it is likely that you already have a color theme in mind. While you can take the easy way out and add a general tone – such as blue for instance – as your background color, you should keep in mind that there are dozens of hues that can be classified as blue.

As the name suggests, Color Codes is a lightweight application that allows you to identify the exact tint you need from the standard Windows color palette or from a picture you previously copied to clipboard.

It is necessary to mention that the application does not require any installation and you can start using it as soon as you access the executable. The UI consists of a main window filled with gray squares and 3 small regions in the upper section where you can view the codes for your color in Delphi Hex, HTML Hex or RGB codes.

You should know that the selected hues cannot be removed or deleted in the same session, but rather you can change it to another color. While this feature is useful when you are working with multiple tones, it would be nice if you can clean the entire board so you can preview only the ones that you need for your current project without having to restart the application.

If you need to learn the codes for any of the tones found in the standard Windows palette, then you can achieve that in a matter of seconds. On the other hand, if you want to identify the color codes from other sources, things are just slightly more irritating.

Simply put, you need to open the photo, double click on the pixel you are interested, copy it to clipboard and then access it with the designated function. Even though it is not overly complicated, it would be nice if you can do this task faster.

The application does an excellent job of displaying the codes for the tones you want to use in your projects relatively quickly.