What is Color Dropper?
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Press the dropper icon on the menu bar or use keyboard shortcut and then click on any part of your browser screen. Automatically capture (and copy) the hex code to your clipboard. A small tooltip shows what color you currently have selected and, when clicked, will tell you what hex code is successfully copied.
Easy to use. Copies color in just one click. Extremely useful for developers and artists.
☆ Default keyboard shortcut to activate is Ctrl+Shift+E (Cmd+Shift+E on Mac) ☆ ☆ Shortcut can be changed by navigating to chrome://extensions/shortcuts ☆
Won't work on new tab page, Chrome settings pages, and the Chrome Web Store.
Works on the latest versions of Chrome.
User reviews
- Works well for designing websites
- Simple and straightforward to use
- No security risks noted
- Effective at copying colors to clipboard
- Free to use
- Reported issues with functionality on Google Drive images
- Some users flagged it as malware
- Erratic behavior in the extension toolbar
- Not all users find it operational
- Works like a charm
- Very simple yet useful
- Only color dropper that worked here
- Could not get it to work on images within Google Drive
- Happy with its functionality
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Color Dropper does not require any sensitive permissions.
Risk likelihood
Color Dropper has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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