<p><strong>Disclaimer</strong>: Windows only  </p>
<p>As a front-end developer, one of the most important work is to get the design right. Now there are times when the client is a bit low on budget and cannot provide a professionally designed app with colors-scheme and shit!</p>
<p>There are times when you are asked to do a hot-fix for a production ready app wherein you just have to match the color according to the design.</p>
<p>So, whenever I am developing on Windows, and there is a need to pick colors from an image, browser, website, practically ANYTHING, my go-to tool is: <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="http://colorcop.net/">COLORCOP</a>  </p>
<h2 id="color-from-a-desktop-icon">Color from a desktop icon</h2>
<p>Picking color from the Winamp logo
<img src="https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/wuo1zfd7gcvgbdxcd2nc.png" alt="Alt Text">  </p>
<h2 id="color-from-browser">Color from browser</h2>
<p>Picking Purple color from the Broswer – RegEx text<br> <img src="https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/c6flyddcl10x47w0ak81.png" alt="Alt Text">  </p>
<p>With Colorcop, you can pick colors off any surface, literally ANY SURFACE. As you can see in the image above, we are picking colors off of an icon – a fucking icon! Now, how cool is this shit!  </p>
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<h1 id="in-an-alternate-universe-">In an alternate universe…</h1>
<p>For MacOS or Linux users, stick to Chrome/Firefox extensions like <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/colorzilla/bhlhnicpbhignbdhedgjhgdocnmhomnp">ColorZilla</a>. But obviously, just Google ColorCop alternatives for MacOS or Linux and if you do stumble on anything concrete, ping me here!  </p>
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<p>Originally published at <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="https://adityatyagi.com/index.php/2020/06/11/pick-colors-like-a-boss/">adityatyagi.com</a></p>


**Disclaimer**: Windows only  

As a front-end developer, one of the most important work is to get the design right. Now there are times when the client is a bit low on budget and cannot provide a professionally designed app with colors-scheme and shit!

There are times when you are asked to do a hot-fix for a production ready app wherein you just have to match the color according to the design.

So, whenever I am developing on Windows, and there is a need to pick colors from an image, browser, website, practically ANYTHING, my go-to tool is: [COLORCOP](http://colorcop.net/)  

## Color from a desktop icon  
Picking color from the Winamp logo
![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/wuo1zfd7gcvgbdxcd2nc.png)  

## Color from browser  
Picking Purple color from the Broswer – RegEx text  
 ![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/c6flyddcl10x47w0ak81.png)  

With Colorcop, you can pick colors off any surface, literally ANY SURFACE. As you can see in the image above, we are picking colors off of an icon – a fucking icon! Now, how cool is this shit!  

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# In an alternate universe…  
For MacOS or Linux users, stick to Chrome/Firefox extensions like [ColorZilla](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/colorzilla/bhlhnicpbhignbdhedgjhgdocnmhomnp). But obviously, just Google ColorCop alternatives for MacOS or Linux and if you do stumble on anything concrete, ping me here!  

***

Originally published at [adityatyagi.com](https://adityatyagi.com/index.php/2020/06/11/pick-colors-like-a-boss/)





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