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24 alternatives to What Color Is It - screen saver

Time of day as a color as a Mac screen saver

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

1. 1
   What Colour Is It? OS X Screensaver▲5

   Displays time of day as as a HEX color

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Colour Clock▲64

   What time of day - and color - is it right now?

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   NightTone▲121

   Colored light filter, screen dimmer & brightness control

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Screensaver Ninja▲124

   Display websites through your screensaver

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Saver▲100

   Geometric screensavers for Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Padbury Clock Screensaver▲404

   Minimal screensaver for Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   f.lux▲72

   color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Screen Tint▲82

   Reduce the brightness of your Mac’s screen

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   What Color Is It?▲136

   See the hex color for every second of the day

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Clock.saver▲145

    A simple clock screensaver based on Braun watches ⌚

    2018 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Countdown Screensaver▲187

    A Mac screensaver for counting down to a date

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Weather Screen▲113

    Bring Real-time Weather Effects to your Mac Screen

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hourglass▲211

    Dynamic Mac desktop

    2021 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Chromatic ▲71

    World's time, translated in color

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Screens 4.0▲95

    Control your Mac from anywhere in the world

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    MultiClock Screensaver▲114

    MacOS screensaver that displays the time using 24 clocks

    2022 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Color View Finder▲94

    Real time color palette from your iphone camera

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Palette For Mac▲205

    A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Day-O▲131

    Simple menu bar clock replacement w/ calendar for your Mac

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Shade▲105

    Super easy color contrast insights and recommendations

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Day Night for macOS▲187

    A desktop app that kills the procrastination in you.

    2019 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Color Binoculars by Microsoft Garage▲81

    Help color blind individuals distinguish between colors

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Clocks▲162

    A minimal world clock app for your Mac's menubar

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Rewisp▲172

    See it once. Ask forever.

    Jul 2026 · yashmitb.github.io · its alternatives →

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