RGB Chooser (Colorpick-Tool) Thread

Hey guys,

just finished this little program in Java. It's basically a color picking tool, which let's you generate colors and their RGB code. You can also pick colors right from the screen. The idea is that you don't need to open Photoshop or GIMP, then import a picture to then pick a color on it to then get to the color code. Best thing is: as it's written in Java, it works on Windows and Mac. In addition, there is no install required and the download size is only ~9kb.

RGB Chooser is a little tool, written in Java. It let's you pick colors right from the screen in real-time. In addition, you can also insert a RGB color code in a textfield, which then displays the color and/or alter/create the color via sliders (there are 3 sliders for each color channel, so that you can mix/alter your color manually). Press the copy button to save the generated color code. Press the colorpicker tool and move the mouse to the desired location on the screen, then press space to save the color.

You can download it for free right here: DOWNLOAD (9~kb)

Best wishes
Kjell Bunjes

I like the idea to have a color picker outside GIMP/paint.net, but you're wasting a lot of space there.
I was bored so I took your screenshot to put a smaller version together. It shows exactly the same information.
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The thing is that this tool doesn't need to fill more than half of your vertical screen space.
One thing you could add would be conversion between RGB <> HSV <> Hexadecimal, since they're all widely used.

Thanks for the critique. I forgot to mention that this is all just about the functionality. I havent worked too much on the layout yet. But, Im not sure, whether it is possible to change the color of the sliders, nice idea though.

It is possible to change the slider colours. Don't ask me how but it's 100% possible.
But please don't tell me you are hard-coding the thing >_>

Also, no install may be needed, but a Java Runtime Environment still is, and it's an install.

somonels wrote: It is possible to change the slider colours. Don't ask me how but it's 100% possible.
But please don't tell me you are hard-coding the thing >_>

Also, no install may be needed, but a Java Runtime Environment still is, and it's an install.

Thanks for your comment, I'll check out how to change the colors of the sliders, really like the idea. It's true that Java is required of course. And no, this is not hard coded, while I'm a total beginner and this only is one of my first programs, I tried to keep it dynamic.

*edit*
Would be cool, if someone (Mac-user) could tell me, whether there are any problems with the color picking function via the button.

Best wishes

Edited by: iqew