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24 alternatives to Nix Pro Color Sensor

The Photoshop eye dropper tool in real life!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Nix Pro Color Sensor launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Eye Dropper▲111

   An open-source Chrome extension for matching web colors 🎨

   2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Nix Mini Color Sensor▲12

   Paint and color matching made simple

   2017 · nixsensor.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X▲55

   Color Detection Tool for Designers and Developers. Contribute to oscardelben/Color-Picker-Pro development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Drop▲303

   Beautiful color picker with Touch Bar support

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Colorkit▲124

   A productivity tool for color management for designers

   2015 · colorkit.maketheweb.pl · its alternatives →

6. 6AC
   A Color Picker I Made▲591

   2019 · colorsupplyyy.com · its alternatives →

7. 7MF
   My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker▲418

   2017 · coneapp.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Pixelmator Pro▲343

   The world’s most innovative image editing app.

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Photolemur 2.2 Spectre▲322

   Fully automated photo enhancer powered by AI

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Pixelmator▲111

    By far the best, lightest, and cheapest visual design tool.

    2013 · apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Pixelmator Pro 2.0▲187

    Powerful tools for perfecting your photos

    2020 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    ColorSnapper▲177

    The missing color picker for Mac.

    2015 · colorsnapper.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Affinity Photo▲193

    Professional photo editing software for Mac

    2015 · affinity.studio · its alternatives →

14. 14
    ColorPocket▲45

    The ultimate color toolkit for designers & developers.

    2025 · colorpocket.app · its alternatives →

15. 15AD
    Automatic detection of non-colorblind safe colors▲87

    2018 · vis4.net · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Cone▲137

    A delightful and easy to use color picker for the real world

    2017 · coneapp.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Aurora▲121

    Beautiful iOS and macOS color picker

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Palette For Mac▲205

    A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

    2016 · often.studio · its alternatives →

19. 19
    ColorSlurp▲182

    The ultimate color picker for Mac

    2020 · colorslurp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Tint▲85

    A better color picker

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Color Sense▲114

    Your top choice for a color picker extension on Safari

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Color Picker Chrome Extension▲123

    Light and free to use HEX color picker by AdCreative.ai

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Color by Fardos▲111

    A chrome extension to pick, save & create colors/gradients

    2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Cursor Pro▲136

    Mouse highlighter & magnifier for macOS

    2019 · apps.apple.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 →