# Lightweight Color Picker?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightweight-color-picker/263108>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [June 12, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightweight-color-picker/263108 "2008-06-12T16:47:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![digitalmatt](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digitalmatt/32/694_2.png) [@digitalmatt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/digitalmatt)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightweight-color-picker/263108/1 "2008-06-12T16:47:29Z")

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Hey folks. I’ve been scouring the web for a legitimate, light-weight color picker that I can open up whenever I want to grab a hex value of a color I see on the screen. I’ve googled it and a lot came up, but I’m a little apprehensive to download and test what I found.

Anyone know of a good, light-weight color picker for Win XP?

Danke!

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**Author:** ![ajcates](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ajcates/32/2435_2.png) [@ajcates](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ajcates)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightweight-color-picker/263108/2 "2008-06-12T18:47:37Z")

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[http://www.colorschemer.com/](http://www.colorschemer.com/) - Color Schemer Studio  
[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271) - ColorZilla(Firefox extension)

I use Color Schemer Studio just because it allows me to mange my color schemes.

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**Author:** ![digitalmatt](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digitalmatt/32/694_2.png) [@digitalmatt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/digitalmatt)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightweight-color-picker/263108/3 "2008-06-12T23:09:05Z")

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[quote=ajcates;2341636][http://www.colorschemer.com/](http://www.colorschemer.com/) - Color Schemer Studio  
[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271) - ColorZilla(Firefox extension)

I use Color Schemer Studio just because it allows me to mange my color schemes.[/quote]

Excellent, thank you aj!

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**Author:** ![w1sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7feea3/32.png) [@w1sh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/w1sh)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightweight-color-picker/263108/4 "2008-06-18T21:11:36Z")

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[www.colourlovers.com](http://www.colourlovers.com) - Assortment of user made/rated color palettes  
[http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/colors.php](http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/colors.php) - Create your own color palette via a photo  
I didn’t like Kuler. Seems like every palette on there was ugly (this coming from the colorblind guy).

I read an article on creating your own color palette on Tutzor (I think) but it’s gone now. I remember it was very simple and involved messing with some type of color adjustment in PS. After fooling with it, I think I remember how it goes:

- Make a bunch of dots (squares, whatever) of different colors you kinda like.
- Make new layer above the colors.
- Fill it with whatever theme color you want and set its blend mode to “Color”
- Modify that layer’s opacity to your liking.

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**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightweight-color-picker/263108/5 "2008-06-18T21:23:54Z")

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^W1sh I don’t think you read that post right. :fab: