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24 alternatives to Nix Mini Color Sensor

Paint and color matching made simple

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Nix Mini Color Sensor launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Nix Pro Color Sensor▲92

   The Photoshop eye dropper tool in real life!

   2015 · nixsensor.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Color▲131

   A minimal swatch picker

   2014 · color.hailpixel.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hello Color▲209

   Color contrast generator

   2016 · jxnblk.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Color Library▲116

   Automated color separation

   2016 · colorlibrary.ch · its alternatives →

5. 5
   PLTTS▲196

   Easily find a matching color palette.

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Culrs▲244

   A simple, smart approach to choose color palettes

   2016 · culrs.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Palette For Mac▲205

   A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

   2016 · often.studio · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Scale▲199

   Playful color scales generator.

   2018 · hihayk.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9AL
   A little web app for playing around with colors▲106

   2019 · color.clss.hk · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Colorify.js▲179

    The simple, customizable, tiny javascript color extractor

    2015 · colorify.rocks · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Material Colors▲133

    A tool for material design colors

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Spectrum▲98

    Intuitively design beautiful color schemes

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    UI.Colors▲85

    Small web app with a bunch UI colors

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Color Tap▲82

    A mobile color matching game

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Color▲80

    A color matching game

    2015 · color.method.ac · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Couleurs▲168

    Simple app for grabbing & tweaking colors you see on screen.

    2014 · couleursapp.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Colourcode▲227

    Find your colour scheme

    2014 · toptal.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Color Run▲66

    Just tip on the lighter color and be quick

    2015 · colorrun.pl · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Color Dots▲61

    Color Matching Game

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hues▲100

    The most lightweight color picker for Mac ever

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Color Schemr▲139

    Generate your always aspiring color scheme

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    cccolor▲160

    Clean & simple color picker for web designers

    2021 · fffuel.co · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Color Binoculars by Microsoft Garage▲81

    Help color blind individuals distinguish between colors

    2016 · microsoft.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    *nixy filter to color stdout, by rows or space-separated columns▲36

    *nixy filter that adds color to its standard input by rows or columns - lonetwin/colorize

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →