A simple desktop colour picker tool which helps you to identify colors by their color name.

Key Features:

• Pick colors anywhere on screen and the closest matching color name will be displayed.
• Includes a slow-mo mode for pixel accurate picking.
• Use the default colors or create your own! The app also ships with additional colors such as CSS, xkcd, and even Crayola colors to help you get started.
• It's fast, and (should) support every OS and editing app like Photoshop or Lightroom.

• Click inside the app and drag to analyse colours anywhere on screen.
• The hex code and color name will be displayed as the color changes.
• Click the copy icon to copy the current hex code.
• Hold down the Ctrl key to move slower in order to easily pick specific pixels.
• Use your own color names by following this guide.

$ pip install virtualenv

$ virtualenv env

Activate the environment via your IDE or manually with the scripts under env/Scripts.

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

$ python main.py

$ python package.py

Note that Pyinstaller is used to package the app. Adjustments may be required to package the app for non-windows operating systems.

• The app is built with Python and Qt.
• Default color names were extracted from this list of color shades.
• Further color names can be found here.

• This Qt widget repo for the colour related widgets.