How to get a color picker on Windows 10

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Although Windows 10 might not have a built-in color picker, you can utilize PowerToys’ tool to install a system-wide color picker. You can easily locate the technical details for any color on the screen with the Color Picker that comes with PowerToys.

You can start the experience using a keyboard shortcut after you install the application and enable the tool. After that, you can copy the color of a specific element to the clipboard by using the mouse pointer to determine its color in a variety of formats, such as HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and more. Even an editor to change and generate a new color from the original choose is included in the tool.

This is a crucial function for many site and app developers, photo and video editors, and anyone who works with colors, even if most users typically don’t have to care about understanding the color information of an element on the screen.

This tutorial will show you how to utilize the PowerToys Color Picker tool to locate color information in several Windows 10 formats.

  • Enable PowerToys Color Picker on Windows 10

  • Use PowerToys Color Picker on Windows 10

Enable PowerToys Color Picker on Windows 10

Follow these steps to activate PowerToys’ Color Picker tool:

PowerToyson Windows 10 is open.

On Color Picker, click.

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The Enable Color Pickertoggle switch should be turned on.

(Optional) Create a unique keyboard shortcut to launch the tool by selecting the Activate Color Picker option under the Shortcuts section.

When utilizing the tool, choose the behavior under the section on activation behavior:


  • Color Picker with editor mode enabled:

    When opening the tool, you can pick a color, and the editor will appear to copy the color in HEX, RGB, or any other format.

  • Editor:

    When opening the tool, only the editor will open, and you will need to click the

    Pick

    button to select a color.

  • Copy Picker only:

    When opening the tool, you will be able to choose the color, and the code will be copied to the clipboard automatically without opening the editor.

Settings for the PowerToys Color Picker

You can choose the default format that will be copied to the clipboard using the drop-down menu located under the Picker behavior section.

Select the desired color format under the Editor section. Hex, RGB, HSL, and CMYK are a few examples.

Formats for Color Pickers

Select “General.”

Turn on the Run upon startup toggle switch under the Appearance & Behavior section.

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You can use the tool to select colors after you’ve finished the steps.

Use PowerToys Color Picker on Windows 10

Follow these instructions to select a color from an image in Windows 10:

OpenPowerToys.

Make use of the shortcut Windows key + Shift + Ckeyboard. (Or the tool shortcut you designated.)

Move the mouse pointer over the desired color and click.

Use the mouse to select a color.

Click the Copy button for the desired color format in the Color Picker editor.

Transfer the color to the clipboard.

(Selective) Choose one of the other colors the editor has offered.

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(Selective) To open the color adjustment interface, click in the center of the suggested color.

Press the “OK” button.

Editor for Color Picker

If applicable, click the Copy button once more.

Press the “Close” button.

You can utilize the color in your program, image, or other project once you’ve finished the stages.

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