# Color Picker

> Search for the perfect color via an stylish color picker in a popup.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/color-picker-webext](https://chrome-stats.com/d/color-picker-webext)

## Overview

- **ID:** `color-picker-webext`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mark Lumnert
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,photos-music-videos,tabs
- **Daily users:** 11,467
- **Weekly downloads:** 433
- **Rating:** 2.32 / 5 (28 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.6
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-08
- **First published:** 2018-01-14
- **Size:** 82 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/color-picker-webext/)
- **Website:** [https://mybrowseraddon.com/color-picker.html](https://mybrowseraddon.com/color-picker.html)

## Description

**Color Picker** is a user-friendly Chrome extension that allows you to effortlessly search and select your desired colors via an elegant popup interface. Activate the extension by clicking its toolbar icon to access a popup containing a toolbar, a large color-palette icon to open the native color picker UI, and a table showcasing your selected colors.

Upon choosing a color, its values in six different formats are displayed for easy copying. The extension maintains a history of your selected colors visible as solid circles, enabling quick re-selection. You can clear this history at any time using the "Clear History" button. Please note, Color Picker does not pick colors directly from web pages but simplifies color selection through its dedicated UI. To report bugs or learn more, visit the extension's homepage.

## Rankings

- #717 — Overall
- #43 — Tabs
- #76 — Search Tools
- #107 — Appearance
- #116 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #1 — color picker

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Most reviews deride Color Picker as not fulfilling the common browser color-picking task. The frequent issues are that it cannot pick colors from pages and lacks a dropper tool, with several calls that the extension is misleading or useless. A minority acknowledge some usefulness for its intended palette-creation purpose and find it practical for that niche. Overall, the add-on seems misaligned with expectations for a color picker rather than a general palette tool.

### Pros

- Palette creation functionality (allows users to create color palettes)
- It seems to work for its intended palette-creation purpose
- Some users find it useful and practical

### Cons

- Not a color picker and cannot pick colors from webpages
- Does not have an eye-dropper/dropper tool
- Misleading or not matching implied functionality
- Some users report it does nothing or is useless
- UI/documentation/usage may be unclear or inconsistent

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/color-picker-webext)