color indentifying tool?

I once had a tool which would give me the color code for a color i saw on another website. Does anyone know where i can find a tool like this?

 

I don;t have such a tool, but what also works:

* Make a screen dump (ALT + PrtSc)
* open Paint (Programs -> Accessories -> paint) (on windows)
* paste the image (CTRL+V)
* Click on the color picker icon (4th row, 1st image)
* Click on the color you want to know
* Select Colors from the top menu, click on Custom Colors

and you will see the red + green + blue parts.

 

That works, although that icon is not always in the same position depending on the program.

The icon looks like an eye dropper...

Good luck

 

Firefox has a very cool plugin for this. Search for ColorZilla Color Picker.

 

Here is a site with a very good color code utility

http://www.primeshop.com/html/216colrs.htm

l8r,

-PYJAMA

 

I also heartily endorse colorzilla, I am almost contantly using either it or the pixel counter plugin for firefox when designing sites or adsense units.

 

Colorzilla also outlines DIV's for you when you mouseover them, great for figuring out CSS stuff.

 

That tool is way cool. I use it a lot. Highly recommended

 

Very cool resource.

Here's one that's a little more concise that might be a faster view
http://www.4114u.com/web-design/color-codes.html
but I have to say that one is awesome for being interactive and seeing how colors "mesh" ... cool.

 

Google ''absolute colorpicker'' and you will find a very nive tool that can help you out with this stuff.

 

Adobe photoshop, .

 

A handy little utility I have used for determining colours is ColorCop

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Simple easy to use http://www.inetia.com/eng/eyedropper_eng.php, just sits in your tool bar so you can colour pick anything on your screen in HEX or RGB.

Happy days.

 

very good, thank you

 

If you prefer a downloadable stand-alone utility instead of a web-based one, try ColorPic (freeware) or Visual Color Picker 2.6 - color selector tool (freeware).


Edit: I just noticed Amsterdam's post above about ColorCop - also stand-alone and freeware.

 

I have a free download for a simple Color Picker on my site. I am new so I can't post the URL. The link is frontpageforms.com/color_picker.htm

 

If your using something like dreamweaver or fireworks both from macromedia, and you get to the point where you have to choose a color a color picker will show as well as a hex RGB value. Exactly what you need. Good for picking the color and adding it straight into your code if your using dreamweaver.