Color Pickers for Windows

There are several very easy to use color pickers for Windows. The options I mention here are free to use. The first two do not provide the ability to save color schemes but they are great for reading colors directly from your graphics or anything that you have displayed on your Windows machine.

Quick HTML Color Picker
This program is available from  AllGraphicsTools.com

After a very simple installation you will be able to launch the window program. It provides the window that you see above. All you need to do is position the mouse pointer over the color you want and read the values.

Pixie
Another worthy program that does a similar feat is called Pixie.  It is available from Nattyware

Pixie functions very similar to Quick HTML Color Picker and allows you to read the color values from anything you have displayed. It definitely is bare bones but it does the job quite well.

ColorPic
ColorPic is available from Iconico
If you want to be able to store colors and pull them up when needed than I suggest the program called ColorPic. It has a drop down list of Palettes that you can add to and edit. It’s a little more complicated to use than the other color pickers but is a worthwhile program should you need to develop your own palettes.

These are only a few of many different color picking programs that are available for Windoes. I encourage you to look for others if these don’t suit your needs or if you have a favorite, by all meas let me know about it.