Pixie for Windows

Pixie: A dedicated colour picker

Pixie is a color picker app for web designers, graphic artists, and others who need to select colours from random locations on their computer. The colour picker tool works in a manner that Adobe Photoshop users would know, but it does not limit the user's ability to select colours from the app.

This app is free and allows users to sample colours from any location, including a website, desktop or an image like Picasa.

Designers who see a color they like on a website, video, or have been given the task of designing something within a existing branding colour scheme can use colour picking. Traditional methods required the designer to open the image in an image editor to create a sample of the colour. However, Pixie is a standalone program that lets the user choose colours from any computer.

Pixie displays the user the selected colour in HTML color code, RGB, CMYK and HSV. The result can then be easily transferred to any graphics editing environment. Keyboard shortcuts make it easier to pick the right colour in an app.

Pixie is a lightweight app that does not require installation. It is a great tool for designers and anyone else who finds themselves using random images or web pages to sample colours.

Pixie is a powerful workflow enhancement tool that can be used regardless of what image editing software you use.