Hex Color Picker For Mac

Hex Color Picker is a free and open source app that will let you get and edit hexadecimal HTML color codes in the standard Mac OS X color panel.

Web designers and programmers who need to specify colors must use a special code. This code can amazingly in this day and age not be found directly within the Mac OS X color panel.

What do you have to do to get it? Launch Photoshop for the sole purpose of getting a six digit number? Calculate it for yourself with Calculator's hexadecimal mode, TextEdit and some patience? We tried that once, it was nothing but pain and frustration.

Along comes Hex Color Picker to put an extra tab in the system-wide color panel. Instantly see the hex color code for any color, and edit it just the same with a number of shorthands. Problem solved.

Hex Color Picker has some shorthands for entering the hex color code quicker - deductions for the full 6 digit string from 1, 2 and 3 digits alone, knowledge of HTML/CSS color keywords (like hotpink, orange or chartreuse) and a live preview of the color a

It also adapts to your personal preferences. Lowercase or uppercase - it's your choice.

Installation: Copy or move the HexColorPicker.colorPicker file to [Your home folder] -> Library -> ColorPickers (if the ColorPickers folder doesn't exist, create it).