FineFindus / eyedropper

Pick and format colors

Eyedropper

Pick and format colors.

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Features

• Pick a Color
• Enter a color in Hex-Format
• Parse RGB/RGBA/ARGB Hex-Colors
• View colors in formats
• Customize which formats appear as well as their order
• Generate a palette of different shades

Available formats

• Name (includes W3C color sets, GNOME Palette and xkcd color survey)
• Hex
• RGB
• HSL
• HSV
• CMYK
• XYZ
• CIELAB
• HWB
• CIELCh/HCL
• LMS
• Hunter Lab

When should I use this? And when not?

This application is geared towards advanced users (developers, designers, etc…), who not only need to pick a color but also modify or view it in different formats. For simply picking a color on Gnome, the color-picker extension is far better suited.

Installation

Flatpak

Nightly Flatpak

⚠️ The nightly flatpak may contain bugs or unexpected behaviour.

Download the latest artifact from the CI.

Contributing

Contributors are expected to follow the GNOME Code of Conduct.

Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

To contribute:

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'feat: add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Translation

Translations are a great way to contribute. This project uses the GNU gettext for translations. If you want to learn more, visit the translator section.

You can either contribute translations using Weblate, or manually using programs like Poedit or Gtranslator.

After finishing the translations, add the translated language code into the LINGUAS file. Then follow the above steps to create a pull request. Please also state in the description if you are willing to maintain the translation.

Building

See this general guide for building the project using GNOME Builder.

Alternatively use this VS Code Extension for working inside VS Code.

Credits

A huge thanks to these projects who served either as an inspiration or as code examples on how to use gtk-rs.

• GTK Rust Template
• Contrast
• Microsoft Color Picker Utility - Inspirations on the design
• All the other FOSS-GTK apps