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Tools & Software/Just Color Picker
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Graphic designers tend to look at things differently. They see the arrangement and colour scheme of things that mere mortals would just take for granted. Anything can be art, and it takes a discerning eye to really see it sometimes. While taking part in normal computer functions, some designers may see colours that they would like to use in their own projects. Identifying the type of colour can be very difficult, but with Just Color Picker, you can get the exact colour value of any pixel.
Features:
Supported platforms: Windows 2000, XP 32 bit & 64 bit, Server 2003, Vista 32 bit & 64 bit, Server 2008, Seven 32 bit & 64 bit.
No installation required.
License: the best – freeware.
Latest version: 2.4 (4 February 2010). Now you can add a comment for each picked colour. Also, Serbian interface has been added.
Minor updates for version 2.4:
10 February 2010: the “Resource not found” error message problem has been fixed.
2 March 2010: Traditional Chinese interface added.
3 March 2010: German and Russian interfaces updated.
8 March 2010: Italian interface updated.
Download Just Color Picker 2.4 (EXE), size 415 KB
Download Just Color Picker 2.4 (ZIP), size 394 KB
Please contact me if you have any questions. Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
1 November 2009: Just Color Picker became Unicode, so all the languages should now be displayed correctly. If some parts of the interface are not displayed in your language, it means the translation is old or incomplete. You can correct or complete the existing translations; your help is always appreciated.
Please note, earlier versions of Windows do not support Unicode, so, if you use Windows 95, 98, ME or NT, you should download non-Unicode version 2.1:
Download Just Color Picker 2.1 (EXE), size 286 KB
Download Just Color Picker 2.1 (ZIP), size 267 KB
Commented screenshot | PDF version of the Online Manual
Just Color Picker is a tool that captures the colour of any pixel in any screen area and displays its code in a variety of formats: HTML, RGB, HEX, HSB/HSV and HSL.
To pick a colour and its code, choose the desired format in the color code formats list, then point the mouse cursor at the pixel/area and press the hotkey to capture this colour . The default hotkey combination is Alt+X.
To copy the code of the colour to the clipboard, click the Copy Value button. The Copy Value button copies the whole content of the colour code field or its selected part if you selected a part of the code with the mouse cursor beforehand.
Colour list
All the colours you have picked since you launched the program are displayed in the colour list.
To select a colour from the list, simply left-click the colour line in the list and the colour will become active. A right-click on a colour line will allow you to copy the code of the colour to clipboard, add/edit a comment for the colour in the list, or delete the colour from the list. You can also delete a colour from the list by selecting it with a left-click and then pressing the Delete key.
The button with up/down arrows expands the program window and opens the RGB/HSV colour editor, gradient and harmonious colour finder.
The RGB/HSV colour editor contains the latest picked colour or the selected colour, which you can modify and then pick the resulting colour for your further needs. Use the RGB mode to change red, green or blue components of the colour. Switch to HSV mode if you need to change the colour’s hue, saturation or value.
Two harmonious colour finders (contrasting and similar) suggest six colours that may be a good combination with the picked, selected or edited colour. The colour finders are a suggestion, a guide, while the final choice of harmonious colours is up to you, your creativity and your taste.
The gradient feature provides you with a wide range of nuances and gradations between the two latest-picked or selected colours, in case if you need to pick something in-between.
For the inverse process of conversion of colour codes into corresponding colours, enter the colour code into the colour code field and press Enter. The colour will appear in the colour list and its code will be shown in the colour code field, in exactly the same way as if you picked it with the mouse from your screen.
Just Color Picker can convert HTML, HEX and RGB codes into colours:
If Just Color Picker does not display the colour after you pressed Enter, it means the colour code has been entered incorrectly. Correct the input and press Enter again.
Options
There is 3x, 9x and 15x zoom of the mouse cursor area. Use the Zoom menu item to change zoom magnification or to switch it off.
Here you can also enable or disable the Stay on Top feature which keeps Just Color Picker window over all other programs until you close or minimize it.
To change the hotkey, go to the Hotkey menu item. Select a new hotkey combination by pressing the keys (will be displayed in the window), then click OK. Be careful: do not choose a combination that is already assigned to another program, as the combinations will clash and may not work correctly in either of the programs.
Show # in HTML code option shows or hides the hash symbol in HTML colour codes.
Colour Wheels
The Colour Wheels menu displays triads and complementary colours for the latest picked or selected colour. Both RGB (Red, Green, Blue) and RYB (Red, Yellow, Blue) colour wheels are supported. You can open any number of wheel windows to compare the colours. Please note that white, black and shades of grey do not have saturation, and, therefore, they have no triads or complementary colours.
Colour List
If you want to keep the list of picked colours after you close Just Color Picker or need the chosen colours for a future use, use the Save As menu item to save the colour list to a file, and the Open menu item to load it back later. The Clear All command clears the list.
HTML, HEX and RGB colour codes consist of three parts that define the combination of Red, Green and Blue colour values. The first two characters of HTML/HEX code (or the first number of RGB code) define the red component, the next two characters (or the second number) define the green component, and the last characters/number define blue. The value of each part of the colour code can vary from 00 to FF for HTML/HEX, from 0 to 255 for RGB, and from 0 to 1 for RGB [0,1].
HSB/HSV. The HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) or HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) colour code defines a colour in terms of three components:
Some applications use different ranges of the components. For example, S and V/B can vary from 0 to 1, H may be normalized to 0–100%, or all three components can vary from 0 to 255. Just Color Picker uses the “degree, percent, percent” notation.
HSL. The Hue, Saturation, Lightness (Luminance) code is similar to HSB/HSV. The main difference is that L is a linear parameter while B/V is a non-linear one. Just Color Picker sets the value of every HSL parameter from 0 to 255, and from 0 to 240 for every parameter in HSL(Win).
If your application requires a parameter in 0–1.0 range while Just Color Picker shows it in the 0–100% range, you can easily convert one to another: e.g. 73% = 0.73.
Sometimes a hotkey combination may not work if it is already assigned to another program installed on your computer. To fix the problem, you just need to choose another hotkey combination in the Color Picker’s Options menu.
Just Color Picker recognizes when it is run from a portable device and creates jcpicker.ini file that contains all its settings. It saves you from setting them up every time you use a new computer.
When you run Just Color Picker from your computer’s disk, it does not create the settings file. It saves all its settings on that computer, therefore there is no need to create an additional file in this case.
Yes. You may use Just Color Picker wherever you like. The only condition is that the program should not be modified.
You may give this software to your friends, burn it onto CD-ROMs or other media, include it onto cover CDs, publish notes in magazines and upload it to software archives without asking author’s permission. Any web links to this page are appreciated. Thank you for making Just Color Picker more popular.
Also I would be glad to see any notes about my software, so, if you found an article about Just Color Picker, please send me a URL to the web-site or a scan of the magazine’s page (if the magazine does not forbid to scan its pages).
As long as the program remains unmodified, Just Color Picker has no limits on its usage and distribution. The determination is final and may not be appealed.
These are different names of the same Color Picker created by the same person. The program changed its name with time as well as new features were added. It was TakeColor in 2003–2005, Anry Color Picker in 2005–2007, and it became Just Color Picker in 2007 along with changing its location to annystudio.com.
A happy user is already a sufficient reward for me, however, if you have 15–20 minutes of free time, you can make Just Color Picker better for people in your country by translating its interface to your native language, correcting or completing the existing translations.
Just Color Picker has Bulgarian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Taiwanese, Thai and Turkish interfaces at the moment. Some of these translations need to be updated and completed. Also, I would also be glad to add new languages.
To translate the interface, you need to download the zip-archive with language text file and translate the words and sentences after the “=” signs in each line. After that, save the text file as UTF-8 and send it to me via the form at the Contacts page.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding translation.
Unless otherwise stated, the use of any materials from this website is allowed without asking specific permission provided that you mention the author, place a backlink to annystudio.com and do not alter the content of the information.
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