Grabbing color with ColorPic
Written by coregps on December 14th, 2007 in Web Design.
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ColorPic is a free tool provided by IconIco. It can be used to pick any color from screen. ColorPic show colors in hex and decimal. To grab a color, just select ColorPic window and then click Ctrl + G, to cancel the grab, just press Ctrl + G again. We can also adjust color with four advanced color mixers. In addition, ColorPic has a magnifier which make it possible to pick color on a high resolution monitor.
The following are some tips of using the ColorPic provided by IconIco:
1. Grabbing Colors
To grab a color from the screen move your mouse and press the ‘Ctrl’ and ‘G’ keys on your keyboard. The selected color Chip will now say ‘Grab’. To un-grab a color just press ‘Ctrl’ and ‘G’ again.
2. Accurate Color Grabbing
Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to nudge the mouse pointer by a single pixel.
3. Selecting Chips
Use your mouse, or use the function keys on the top of your keyboard, to select color chips in your palette.
4. Small Screen Problems
Use the blue up and down toggle buttons on each of the five sections to save screen space. You can also resize the ColorPic window from the bottom right.
5. Zoom In
Change the magnification factor with the slider above the magnifier area.
6. Smooth Color Samples
Use the point size slider above the magnification area to select a single, 3×3 or 5×5 pixel point size for smoother color sampling.
7. Websafe Colors
If your selected color is not websafe click the ‘WebSnap’ button to change the color to the nearest safe value.
8. Enter an Exact Color
Using the keyboard you can type an exact value in any of the color value textboxes, including the Hue, Saturation and Value textboxes.
9. Using the Color Mixers Precisely
When using any of the color mixers and sliders you can use the arrow keys on your keyboard and your mouse wheel to nudge the color by a single step.
10. Use a Color in another Application
To use the decimal or hexadecimal color values in another application click the corresponding ‘Copy’ button. Then in your other application you can use the paste command or ‘Ctrl + V’ to insert the color value.
For more information, take a look at here.
