Eyedropper
A tool that picks up the exact color from any point on screen or in an image.
Also called eyedropper tool, color picker
An eyedropper samples the color under your cursor and gives you its code. Most design apps have one, and the Swatch.ing color picker and extension can sample colors too.
Sample from a few nearby pixels: photos have noise, so a single pixel may not be the color you see.
Guides that cover Eyedropper
- Color Wheel Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Colors Explained Primary, secondary and tertiary colors explained across RYB, RGB and CMYK, with how each one is mixed on the color wheel. Learn the basics in 5 minutes.
- HSL What are HSL colors? HSL color explained: how hue, saturation and lightness define a color, how the HSL color space differs from RGB, and how to use HSL and HSLA in CSS. Read on.
- RGB What are RGB colors? RGB color explained: how red, green and blue - 255 values make every color on screen, how to read an RGB color code, RGB vs HEX, and RGBA. Learn it fast.
- HEX What are HEX Colors? Hex colors explained: how hex color codes like #FF5733 work, how #RRGGBB maps to RGB, what shorthand hex means and how to convert hex to RGB. Read on.