I often used Digital ColorMeter to capture colours as hex codes for web development. For some reason, Lion's version has removed a whole load of functionality, including this. Some people have managed to copy over the Lion version with their Snow Leopard version, but my Mac tells my that it's required by OSX and can't be deleted. Can anyone work out a way to do the method described by these people?
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Select View → Display Values → as Hexadecimal:
Now the main window displays hex values:
Also, Color → Copy Color as Text ⇧⌘C will now format the color like #C8D8E8 (instead of 200 216 232).
answered Nov 10, 2011 at 13:14
In lieu of DigitalColor Meter, I've been using an alternative.
- Open up AppleScript Editor
- Enter the words
choose colorand go to Save. Make it an application. - You now have a pop-up colour chooser. Unfortunately, there's no inbuilt hex display. Luckily, Waffle Software have made a plugin that gives you the hex of any colour.
answered Jul 23, 2011 at 19:09
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Instead of the first two steps, you can download an application already generated in that way, linked from the bottom of this document about the Mac OS X Color Picker. And that app even comes with a cool-looking custom icon. Commented Jun 15, 2012 at 20:13
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@RoryO'Kane it lets you pick a color, but it doesn't give you a Hex value for it. When you click on the color you want to analyze, then "OK", the app quits. Commented Sep 17, 2019 at 23:06
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Utilities/DigitalColor\ Meter.app/However, Snow Leopard DCM crashes in Lion, making the whole endeavour a bit of a fool's errand.