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Codebot.ColorMix

A simple color capture utility.

What is Color Mix

Color Mix is a small cross platform desktop utility designed to aid users in picking colors. Color Mix solves several problems users may experience when picking colors during their creative efforts on a pc. The first problem presents itself when attempting to pick a color associated with something a user sees on their screen. Other color picking implementations invariably restrict color picking within a specific window (for example a webpage) rather than anywhere on the screen. The second problem is that other color picking implementations usually involve several keypresses and button clicks to begin open and begin using their color picking tool, while Color Mix can be opened and used with a single key press from anywhere. Correcting these problems make Color Mix easier and quicker to use, and thus perhaps a more preferable tool.

To aid in picking colors from any place on your screen, Color Mix presents you with a magnifying glass view to help you pick the exact pixel you want to copy. In addition to picking colors using a dropper tool across any window on any workspace, Color Mix also provides a hue staturation and lightness tool. You may also pick a color from a list of many names, or even pick colors from you operating system theme's color palette. Finally, you may input or output colors text by typing or copying color codes in html hex, rgb, and decimal rgba formats.

See the video below to gain an understanding of how Color Mix is works.

This program is part of a greater computer programming studies course taught to children using resources and tools from the getlazarus website.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1647932/118235702-1e6aa680-b463-11eb-8ab5-d9de2fa47535.mp4