Instant eyedropper for Mac

11 Apr

digitalcolor-meter

On my PC at work I use a great app for Windows called Instant Eyedropper which identifies a hex colour when you hover your mouse over any colour on screen. This is a brilliant tool.

The only downside is that the app is only available for PC.

Today I was searching for something similar for use on my Mac.

Well lo and behold! An identical app comes ready installed on your Mac. Who knew?

DigitalColor Meter.app comes with Mac and you’ll find it in this folder /Applications/Utilities/

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  • jeff

    thanks! i was in the exact same boat as you :-)

  • jeff

    thanks! i was in the exact same boat as you :-)

  • Lis Ann

    I had no idea! But how can I get the Hex code from it?

  • Lis Ann

    I had no idea! But how can I get the Hex code from it?

  • Liz Hover

    The hex code shows up in the three little boxes – you want the numbers there.

  • Liz Hover

    The hex code shows up in the three little boxes – you want the numbers there.

  • Liz Hover

    The hex code shows up in the three little boxes – you want the numbers there.

  • Krys

    <3! Thank you!

  • Krys

    <3! Thank you!

  • Reed

    Thanks you for this tip. I recently switched over to a Mac and have been looking for an eyedropper tool. Little did I know it was already on the Mac. Thanks.

  • Reed

    Thanks you for this tip. I recently switched over to a Mac and have been looking for an eyedropper tool. Little did I know it was already on the Mac. Thanks.

  • Reed

    Thanks you for this tip. I recently switched over to a Mac and have been looking for an eyedropper tool. Little did I know it was already on the Mac. Thanks.

  • http://www.bigbrassband.com/ Adam Wride

    Great stuff. Thanks!

  • http://www.twomeals.org Adam Wride

    Great stuff. Thanks!

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    This is exactly what I needed, thank you!

  • http://www.seokeywordranking.com Will Reinhardt

    This is exactly what I needed, thank you!

  • Rita

    Hey–this was so helpful. I was trying to google something like eye dropper and your post came up in the results. Amazing to discover you already have something on computer that does exactly what you need–and you never even knew it was there. Makes me wonder what else I have that I don't even know about!

  • lizhover

    Rita – sooo glad to help. I was using a similar thing on my work PC and was totally over the moon to find the feature on my Mac. I had the same feeling as you: what ELSE is there?

  • Rita

    Hey–this was so helpful. I was trying to google something like eye dropper and your post came up in the results. Amazing to discover you already have something on computer that does exactly what you need–and you never even knew it was there. Makes me wonder what else I have that I don't even know about!

  • lizhover

    Rita – sooo glad to help. I was using a similar thing on my work PC and was totally over the moon to find the feature on my Mac. I had the same feeling as you: what ELSE is there?

  • http://happyandblue2.ca Happy and Blue 2

    Thanks. This makes me like my Mac even more..

  • John H

    I was doing the very same search as you. Thanks for saving me loads of hours searching and testing. Much appreciated. J

  • arkpizarro

    Wow. This little post means a world of help to me thanks so much for sharing.
    I love the web.. :-)

  • http://www.sitecoffee.com/ Sam

    Sweet! I'm switching to a Mac this week, and this was one tiny app whose loss I knew I'd feel on a daily basis. Thanks for the tip!

  • sarahkuehne

    thanks for this – really helpful! found your solution straight away. Sarah

  • Justine

    You just made my day! Many thanks, Liz.

  • http://www.lizhover.com Liz Hover

    Horrah! Nifty little feature, isn't it? Super glad it helped you Justine.

  • Jessica

    You’re amazing!! i was in the same boat as everyone else and needed to do something for work where i use a MAC and I am a PC owner so i decided to search and your blog came up :) thanks so much!!!

  • Larry

    Thank you for this post. Just got a mac and was in the exact same situation; I felt guilty going back to my old pc laptop to use eyedropper. thanks

  • http://www.lizhover.com Liz Hover

    Hey Larry – I know the feeling. Enjoy your new Mac you lucky thing!

  • http://www.daschulman.com/ D.A. Schulman

    I just wanted to thank you for this tip. You saved me today! I was searching endlessly for an app like this to support my Manga Studio 4 Debut (Comic Illustration Software) and you were the only person that seemed to know we Mac geeks already have the app on our computer. I will be premiering my new web comic on my site at the end of April. (maybe sooner thanks to you) All the best!

  • http://www.lizhover.com Liz Hover

    That makes me very happy David. Good luck with the comic.

  • Michael Breed

    Leave it to Apple to think of EVERYTHING (lol). Thanks for the tip Liz, this has saved me loads of time. Now if only they also had a tool to create a colour scheme from a colour you pick … Well, until they do, there's this awesome website I found: colorschemedesigner.com. Cheers!

  • http://www.lizhover.com Liz Hover

    You're very welcome Michael. I've used colourschemedesigner before. I've also used http://kuler.adobe.com/

  • Jayme

    Thank you! What a great find – I just did the exact same thing you did and came across this post! Your're the best!

  • http://www.lizhover.com Liz Hover

    Hey Jayme – you're welcome. And thanks for visiting my blog.

  • http://www.lemonfreshdesigns.com/blog Mary

    Ahhhh! Thank you so much!!! I love the PC one but I have a Mac at home. Thank you thank you thank you!

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