Hex Color Picker is a free and open source app that will let you get and edit hexadecimal HTML color codes in the standard Mac OS X color panel.
Web designers and programmers who need to specify colors must use a special code. This code can amazingly in this day and age not be found directly within the Mac OS X color panel.
What do you have to do to get it? Launch Photoshop for the sole purpose of getting a six digit number? Calculate it for yourself with Calculator`s hexadecimal mode, TextEdit and some patience? We tried that once, it was nothing but pain and frustration.
Along comes Hex Color Picker to put an extra tab in the system-wide color panel. Instantly see the hex color code for any color, and edit it just the same with a number of shorthands. Problem solved.
Hex Color Picker has some shorthands for entering the hex color code quicker - deductions for the full 6 digit string from 1, 2 and 3 digits alone, knowledge of HTML/CSS color keywords (like hotpink, orange or chartreuse) and a live preview of the color a
It also adapts to your personal preferences. Lowercase or uppercase - it`s your choice.
Installation: Copy or move the HexColorPicker.colorPicker file to [Your home folder] -> Library -> ColorPickers (if the ColorPickers folder doesn`t exist, create it).
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fixed an embarrassing bug in update checking.
· More translations.
· Update checking moved to the background. (Update checking could cause a brief but annoying delay when the color panel was first loaded and the update checking ran.)
· Bugs that caused the calibration and HTML color preferences to not "stick" have been fixed.
