Don Rowlett Color Picker

Every programming language has its own set of functions and identifiers, although they’re used for the same purpose. Even colors are fitted with different codes, and considering there millions of colors, it’s close to impossible to know them all. However, applications like Don Rowlett Color Picker help you identify that code by simply pointing at the color tone of interest.

Once installed and launched, a compact main window shows up, storing all functions you get to work with. Even if you never used a color picker tool, getting acquainted with the set of features is a walk in the park. Targeting a color requires little effort on your behalf, meaning you only need to place the dropper icon over a custom screen region.

A real time updating preview area fills up with the tone under the dropper tool. Corresponding RGB sliders also switch to the right position when color is picked, with the possibility to use them to obtain different variations. Quick functions let you invert, or view the web version of that specific tone.

By default, the application shows you color codes for HTML, Delphi, and decimal, with an additional table with color names and codes used in Delphi. Sadly, you can’t interact with the table to copy values, and clicking it makes it go away.

In case the RGB sliders aren’t enough to set different tone variations, there’s the possibility to use on of two different color palettes to choose a color for its code. However, the application doesn’t let you save any colors for later use, so you need to work your way around. Apart from the real time updating codes directly displayed, you can select C++, Visual Basic, Integer, and RGB values to be sent to clipboard.

Computers can’t read or understand things in the way we do, and nor do we as they interpret them. Applications serve as a means of communication, with Don Rowlett Color Picker letting you identify color codes to use in your projects, depending on the type of programming language used.