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Dev tools · June 14, 2021

System Color Picker

The macOS color picker supercharged

System Color Picker launched on June 14, 2021 with 233 votes, #110 of 3,650 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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What it does

This is the built-in macOS color picker as a standalone app with lots of additional features. Quickly copy, paste, convert between different color formats, toggle it directly from the menu bar, keyboard shortcuts, launch it at login, and more.

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In a civilized world, macOS would ship with this out of the box. In the meantime, this tool is the rare piece of software that works beautifully with the system instead of fighting it at every step. It’s dead simple to get a picker from the menu bar and grab the values you need, while also organizing them into palettes that work across all your apps.I also want to add that I’ve lived with this app for a few years now and the developer is always quick to fix any oddities that pop up in new macOS versions. It never feels like I’m using a 3rd party tool, it truly feels like part of the system! In a civilized world, macOS would ship with this out of the box. In the meantime, this tool is the…from apps.apple.com

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