Alternatives to Instant Eyedropper
A free screen color picker for Windows and Linux that copies the picked color to the clipboard. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Instant Eyedropper
A free screen color picker for Windows and Linux that copies the picked color to the clipboard.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Instant Eyedropper.
Just Color Picker
A free portable colour picker and colour editor for Windows and macOS that works offline.
Just Color Picker is a free portable picker for Windows and macOS with screen freeze and point lock, but has no Linux version.
Gpick
An open-source desktop color picker and palette editor written in C++ with the GTK toolkit.
Gpick is an open-source GTK picker for Windows and Linux that adds palette building and editing, with a GTK interface on Windows.
Eyedropper
A GNOME app for picking colors from the screen and viewing them in many color formats.
Eyedropper is an open-source GNOME app for Linux with many color formats, and it does not run on Windows.
Colour Contrast Analyser
A free desktop app for checking foreground and background color contrast against WCAG, with eyedropper pickers.
Colour Contrast Analyser offers a screen-wide eyedropper on Windows and macOS, but focuses on checking foreground and background contrast.
Pika
Pick colors from your screen with a macOS utility.
Pika is an MIT-licensed screen color picker with keyboard shortcuts, running on macOS rather than Windows or Linux.
Sip
A macOS menu bar color picker for collecting, organizing and sharing color palettes.
Sip is a paid macOS menu bar picker with palette organization, a contrast checker and color blindness simulation.
ColorSlurp
Color picker for Mac and iOS with a magnifier and palette management.
ColorSlurp is a freemium Mac and iOS picker with a magnifier and palette management, where full features require the paid tier.
ColorZilla
Browser extension eyedropper, color picker and gradient generator.
ColorZilla is a free browser extension eyedropper with a gradient generator, but only picks colors inside the browser window.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Image Color Picker
A web tool that picks colors and extracts palettes from uploaded images, pasted screenshots or URLs.
Pastel
Generate, convert and manipulate colors from the command line.
HTML Color Codes
A web color picker and reference for Hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH color codes.
Color Hexa
A web color encyclopedia with conversions, schemes, shades and colorblind simulation for any color.
