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Material Design Color Picker vs Material Theme Builder: catalog facts
Material Design Color Picker	Material Theme Builder
Best for: Mac users choosing Material Design colors inside supported apps	Best for: Designers and developers theming apps with Material Design 3
Free Free and open source under the MIT license.	Free Free to use in the browser.
macOS	Web
Adds Material Design swatches to the system color panel Works in applications that use the standard macOS color panel All 3 strengths for Material Design Color Picker Adds Material Design swatches to the system color panel Works in applications that use the standard macOS color panel Signed release builds are available	Builds a full Material Design 3 scheme from one color Official tool from the makers of the design system
Requires macOS 10.13 or later Depends on apps using the standard macOS color panel	Only useful for projects following Material Design 3 Little information beyond the tool itself on the page
Downloadable app	Web application
Open source	Not open source
License: MIT	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Material Design Color Picker github.com/johnyanarella/MaterialDesignColorPicker Catalog checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Material Theme Builder material-foundation.github.io/material-theme-builder Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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