A minimal macOS menu bar color picker. Pick colors from any screen, keep a history of the last 10 colors, copy HEX values with one click.
- Lives in your menu bar
- Pick colors from any screen using the native macOS color sampler
- Automatically copies HEX value to clipboard
- Keeps history of last 10 picked colors
- Click any color in history to copy it again
- Lightweight (~100 lines of Swift)
Requires Xcode Command Line Tools and macOS 13+:
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/ColorPicker.git
cd ColorPicker
swift build -c release
mkdir -p ColorPicker.app/Contents/MacOS
cp .build/release/ColorPicker ColorPicker.app/Contents/MacOS/
cp Info.plist ColorPicker.app/Contents/
cp -r ColorPicker.app /Applications/open /Applications/ColorPicker.app- Click the eyedropper icon in your menu bar
- Select Pick Color to sample any color on screen
- The HEX value is automatically copied to your clipboard
- Previous colors appear in the menu - click to copy again
- macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first.