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January 9th, 2009

Friday Finds for 01/09/2009 – Find Hex Code for Any Color

Ever come across a web site or image that used an amazing color and wanted the hex code so you could use the same color elsewhere?  I know I have but always had to use Photoshop to determine the hex code. Well, not everyone has Photoshop and those that do, like me, don’t want to load the program just to figure out a hex code.  Fortunately, there is an answer and it’s free: ColorPix.

ColorPix is a small utility “that grabs the pixel under your mouse and transforms it into a number of different color formats.”  The application is small, free of viruses (refer to this Virus Total analysis for details), and free to download.

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2 Responses to “Friday Finds for 01/09/2009 – Find Hex Code for Any Color”

  1. Told from Wheelchair Ramp said:

    I had to use photoshop for the same purpose to determine hex codes to use in CSS files and that is a big pain because I have a low resource PC(Perhaps all my application need some big machine, perhaps a xeon). Thanks for sharing the resource. I always thanks my fellow webmasters for little tips and resources because they always save us from big pains.

    Posted on January 13th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
  2. Chris - Free PS3 said:

    Thanks for the tip. As you say, it can be a pain to open Photoshop when you simply want to use a colour in your latest web page. I’ll be sure to use it a lot.

    Posted on January 19th, 2009 at 5:38 pm