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

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