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24 alternatives to System Color Picker

The macOS color picker supercharged

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. System Color Picker launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Drop▲303
Beautiful color picker with Touch Bar support
2016 · its alternatives →
2AC
A Color Picker I Made▲591
2019 · colorsupplyyy.com · its alternatives →
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
Pikka - Color Picker▲110
Color picker & color schemes generator for macOS
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
ColorSlurp▲182
The ultimate color picker for Mac
2020 · colorslurp.com · its alternatives →
6
PixelPick▲16
macOS menu app to pick a colour and copy it in any format
2025 · pixeleyes.co.nz · its alternatives →
7
Kelir▲120
Color picker, color pallete and color gradient for your Mac
2016 · scrapdenton.org · its alternatives →
8
Pika▲291
A free, open-source colour picker app for macOS
2021 · superhighfives.com · its alternatives →
9
ColorSnapper▲177
The missing color picker for Mac.
2015 · colorsnapper.com · its alternatives →
10
Color Peeker▲115
Color code in the menu bar
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
11
Skala Color▲189
An extraordinary color picker for designers and developers
2015 · bjango.com · its alternatives →
12AC
A color picker for named web colors▲731
I had this idea kicking around in my head for quite a while. Took an evening to make this, and a short morning to polish it a bit. So here it is!
2022 · arantius.github.io · its alternatives →
13
Color Picker▲72
One color picker app for all your devices
2021 · its alternatives →
14
.colors()▲115
🎨 A color picker for people who live in their text editor
2018 · its alternatives →
15
Color Converter▲100
Convert HEX/RGBA/HSL to code snippets from macOS menubar
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
16
Coloree▲73
A better color picker for developers with an AR companion 🎨
2019 · its alternatives →
17
Culrs Mac App▲245
Thoughtfully crafted color palettes now on your mac menubar
2019 · culrs.app · its alternatives →
18
Pipeta▲3
The color picker you'll actually use
Jan 2026 · pipeta.app · its alternatives →
19
Hues▲100
The most lightweight color picker for Mac ever
2014 · its alternatives →
20
Folder Colorizer for Mac▲154
Change folder color on macOS in 1-click
2022 · softorino.com · its alternatives →
21
Hue - Tint Picker▲22
Pick hues in your dock icon
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
ColorPick Plus▲2
Screen & Web Color Picker
Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
Kotor Color Picker▲71
Grab colors, collect, and use later on your menubar
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
24IM
I'm releasing a series of OS iOS/Mac apps to show how they're built▲40
I'm a iOS and Mac developer and the thing that mostly bothered me when I first started learning Cocoa programming was the lack of full featured sample code. Now things have changed and more projects have been released, but I still want to do my part. I've already released Color Picker Pro for Mac: https://raw.github.com/oscardelben/Color-Picker-Pro This time I built a copy of the iPhone Calculator which (I hope) will be simple to follow for beginners: https://github.com/oscardelben/iPhoneCalculator I hope this will be useful to people who are learning Cocoa. Feedbacks are very appreciated.
2011 · raw.github.com · its alternatives →

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