Tools & Software

Just Color Picker

Graphic designers tend to look at things differently. They see the arrangement and colour scheme of things that mere mortals would just take for granted. Anything can be art, and it takes a discerning eye to really see it sometimes. While taking part in normal computer functions, some designers may see colours that they'd like to use in their own projects. Identifying the type of colour can be very difficult, but with Just Color Picker, you can get the exact colour value of any pixel.

Features

Five formats of colour value: HTML, RGB, HEX, HSB/HSV, and HSL.
3x, 9x and 15x zoom of any screen area.
Picked colours history. History saving function for future use of the picked colours. Removal of colours from the history.
RGB and RYB colour wheels to display triads and complementary colours.
Two harmonious colour finders. With this feature you can easily pick harmonious colours, for example, for your web site. Just choose your favourite colour and the colour picker will find the best colours harmoniously matched with yours.
RGB & HSV colour mixers to edit a picked colour.
Gradient between two latest-picked colours to allow you to pick a colour from a wide range between the chosen colours.
Optional stay-on-top.
User-defined hotkey to capture colour info (Alt+X by default).
Copying the colour value or its selected part to the clipboard just by button click.
No installation required. Just Color Picker is a portable application and can be run directly from a USB stick.
Multilingual interface Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.

Supported platforms: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP 32 bit & 64 bit, Server 2003, Vista 32 bit & 64 bit, Server 2008.
No installation required.

License: freeware.

Latest version: 2.0 (11 December 2008). New features: gradient between two latest-picked colours.

Minor updates for the latest version:
11-Dec-2008: Release.
20-Apr-2009: "Show # in HTML code" option has been added, which allows to show/hide hash symbol in HTML colour codes.

Download Just Color Picker 2.0 (EXE), size 308 KB

Download Just Color Picker 2.0 (ZIP), size 286 KB

Please contact me if you have any questions. All your comments and suggestions are welcome.

Frequently Asked Questions

I press the default hotkey combination (Alt+X), but the Color Picker doesn't pick the colour.

Sometimes a hotkey combination may not work if it is already assigned to another program installed on your computer. To fix the problem, you just need to choose another hotkey combination in the Color Picker's Options menu.

When I run Just Color Picker from my USB stick, it creates jcpicker.ini file. What is it?

Just Color Picker recognizes when it is run from a portable device and creates jcpicker.ini file that contains all its settings. It saves you from setting them up every time you use a new computer.

When you run Just Color Picker from your computer's disk, it does not create the settings file. It saves all its settings on that computer, therefore there is no need to create an additional file in this case.

May Just Color Picker be used in a process of creation of commercial products (in a professional design studio, for example)?

Yes. You may use Just Color Picker wherever you like. The only condition is that the program should not be modified.

I plan to publish a note about your software in a magazine/ include your software into cover CD/ publish on a web-site/ etc. I'd like to ask your permission to do so.

You may give this software to your friends, burn it onto CD-ROMs or other media, include it onto cover CDs, publish notes in magazines and upload it to software archives without asking author's permission. Any web links to this page are appreciated. Thank you for making Just Color Picker more popular.

Also I would be glad to see any notes about my software, so, if you found an article about Just Color Picker, please send me a URL to the web-site or a scan of the magazine's page (if the magazine doesn't forbid to scan its pages).

For especially paranoid instances: as long as the program remains unmodified, Just Color Picker has no limits on its usage and distribution. The determination is final and may not be appealed.

I like your free software. What can I do for you?

If you have 20—30 minutes of free time, you can translate Just Color Picker's interface to your native language to make it better for people in your country. It already has Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish interfaces at this moment. I would be glad to add any other languages.

To translate the interface, you need to download the zip-archive with language text file and translate the words and sentences after the "=" signs in each line. After that, save the text file as ANSI, and send it to me via the form at the Contacts page.

If you have more time and wish, you can also translate Just Color Picker user's manual (zipped RTF-file), correct the existing translations or write your own text for the user's manual. The program has English, German, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish user's manual at the moment.

Please contact me if you have any questions regarding translation.

What is the relation between Anry Color Picker, TakeColor and Just Color Picker? They look quite similar.

These are different names of the same Color Picker created by the same person. The program changed its name with time as well as new features were added. In 2003—2005 it was TakeColor, in 2005—2007 — Anry Color Picker, and it became Just Color Picker in 2007 along with changing its location to www.annystudio.com.