#Desktop app colorpicker windows#

In the enlarged area, you can pick the color of the element.Zoom in by scrolling the mouse wheel up (image will be frozen).Move the mouse pointer close, but not over the element.To select the color of the non-hover state of a element: The copied color will be stored in your clipboard in the format that is configured in the settings (default: HEX). If you want to see the area around your cursor in more detail, scroll up to zoom in. Color Picker only - Opens Color Picker only and the selected color will be copied to the clipboard.Īfter the Color Picker is activated, hover your mouse cursor over the color you would like to copy and left-click the mouse button to select a color.

Editor - Opens editor directly, from here you can choose a color from the history, fine-tune a selected color, or capture a new color by opening the color picker.

After selecting a color, the editor is opened and the selected color is copied to the clipboard (in the default format - configurable in the Settings dialog).

Color Picker with editor mode enabled - Opens Color Picker.

Once enabled, you can choose one of the following three behaviors to be executed when launching Color Picker with the activation shortcut (default: Win+ Shift+ C). To start using Color Picker, enable it in the PowerToys Settings (Color Picker section).

#Desktop app colorpicker windows#

A system-wide color picking utility for Windows that enables you to pick colors from any currently running application and can copy it in a configurable format to your clipboard.