

The selected color will automatically appear as the background color in the field that you selected. After clicking in one of the fields, select a color from the color picker. The source code for Spot Color is on github too, which is always nice. You can compare up to three colors by clicking in the Color 1, Color 2, Color 3 fields under the color picker.

If you just need hex values, you can probably get away with just this plugin. Hex Color Picker: Displays the hex code for any color in a slightly different way than the above plugin.Developer Color Picker: Provides color definitions in a variety of developer-friendly formats including NSColor, UIColor, CGColor, Hex and RGB.
#System color picker mac os x
The reason this is so useful is that the built-in color picker on Mac OS X is extensible and there are some really great plugins available. (I tried a similar app by Matt Patenaude called simply " Colors". The same exact thing can be done with Apple Script but it was way to sluggish to launch and I found I just wouldn't use it. It's just a simple application wrapper that launches the system-wide color picker. Since it uses the built-in color picker, you can utilize the system wide color picker plugins and swatches. This allows you to quickly grab colors without having to be in an image editing app like Photoshop. Spot Color is a simple application that allows you to use the standard Mac OS X color picker as a stand-alone app. Wouldn't it be great to be able to use it as a standalone app? That's exactly what Spot Color does: The built-in Mac OS X one is great, but it needs to be launched from within an existing application. I've been looking for a good, simple, system-wide color picker. Using the Mac OS X Color Picker as a Stand-Alone App Friday, 26 March 2010
