Color Cop
great color picker

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3 by 3 and 5 by 5 average sampling - Instead of sampling just one pixel, a 3 by 3 or 5 by 5 area of pixels will be averaged to get a color. This is important when sampling colors from photographs because you can get closer to the color the human eye sees.

Minimize to systray - This will give the user the option to minimize color cop to the system tray, rather than to the taskbar.

Multi-language hexadecimal color support - Version 4.0 added the Delphi programming language to color cop. It is no longer limited to the HTML hex codes. The new version will add hex color support for Java, Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Powerbuilder.

Omit the # or $ symbols from hex - users will have the option to leave out the # or $ marks in the hex output. This is only available in HTML and Delphi hex modes.

Upper and lower case hex - gives the user the option of having uppercase or lowercase hex output

Snap to websafe - Some designers are forced to use the 216 color websafe palette. When this options is enabled, only websafe colors can be selected. If a color is selected and it is not websafe, it will be converted to the nearest websafe color. Websafe colors have RGB decimal values which are multiples of 51 or zero.(0, 51, 102, 153, 204, and 255)

Persistent custom colors in the custom color dialog - The common windows custom color picker dialog has 16 custom color locations. Color cop will remember the custom colors from session to session. In previous versions, the custom colors were only saved for as long as the program was open.

Color History - This feature remembers the last 7 colors selected by the eyedropper. The user can then revert back to any of the colors by clicking on them. This feature will be hidden if the dialog is in the collapsed state, but the colors will still be stored. Colors can be pushed onto the color history by right clicking while eyedropping.

Complementary color palette - Color Cop uses the RGB color model to describe colors. This feature first converts the RGB color model into HSL. HSL is a color model that describes colors based on Hue, Saturation, and Lightness. Once RGB has been converted to HSL, the values are shifted many times to produce a complementary color palette. There are 42 colors in the palette, which can be selected by clicking or dragging.

Hotkey support - For advanced users, there will be hotkeys as an alternative to the menu.

Control+1 Switch to 1 pixel sampling
Control+3 Switch to 3 by 3 average sampling
Control+5 Switch to 5 by 5 average sampling
Control+D Switch to Delphi Hex mode
Control+E Toggle Expanded dialog
Control+H Switch to HTML Hex mode
Control+K Toggle Auto copy hex to clipboard
Control+M Toggle Minimize to systray
Control+O Toggle Omit # or $ symbols
Control+P Switch to PowerBuilder mode
Control+R Reverse the current color
Control+T Toggle Always on top
Control+U Toggle upper-case hex
Control+W Toggle Snap to websafe
Control+Z Generate a random color
Alt + C Open Custom Color Dialog

Mouse wheel support - Users can alter the red, green, or blue decimal values by spinning the mouse wheel. The control in focus will be decremented or incremented. Spinning the mouse wheel will increment or decrement by 1. Holding Control at the same time will increment or decrement by 5. Holding Shift at the same time will increment of decrement by 2. If the Snap to Websafe mode is on, it will increment or decrement by 51. Users can also zoom in and out by spinning the mouse wheel while magnifying.

Easy Move - Most applications can be moved around the screen by dragging on the title bar. This feature allows the user to click and drag the application by left clicking anywhere in the client area and dragging. This option is enabled by default, but can be disabled using the menu or hotkey.

Download Free Color Cop here (zip - 44kb)