# System Color Picker

A free, no-frills wrapper around macOS’s built-in color picker, from prolific indie developer Sindre Sorhus — palettes, global shortcuts, and Hex/HSL/RGB/OKLCH/LCH/CMYK copy formats.

- **Category:** [Utilities](https://notchlist.vercel.app/category/utilities/)
- **Price:** Free
- **Open source:** no
- **Official site:** https://sindresorhus.com/system-color-picker
- **Available via:** Mac App Store
- **Requirements:** macOS 26.1 or later, per the Mac App Store listing.
- **Maker:** Sindre Sorhus

## Kitsmith's take

Does one thing rather than bundling a full design-tool suite: it exposes the Mac’s own system color sampler as a standalone menu bar or windowed app, with palettes, recently-picked history, and a global keyboard shortcut to invoke it from anywhere. Because it wraps Apple’s own color sampler rather than reimplementing picking, a macOS 26 system bug can occasionally sample the wrong color — something the developer notes plainly and can’t fix on their own. Free, with no in-app purchases.

## Features

- **Palettes & history:** Saves recently picked colors and imports Simple Color Palette / Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) palettes.
- **Multi-format copy:** Copies and pastes colors in Hex, HSL, RGB, Unit RGB, OKLCH, LCH, and CMYK.
- **Global shortcut:** Invokes the picker or toggles the window from anywhere with a keyboard shortcut.
- **Menu bar or windowed:** Runs as a normal app or lives quietly in the menu bar, with launch-at-login support.

## FAQ

**Is System Color Picker free?**

Yes — free with no in-app purchases, per the Mac App Store listing.

**Who makes System Color Picker?**

Sindre Sorhus, an independent developer known for a large catalog of Mac and open-source utilities.


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Hand-verified listing on Kitsmith: https://notchlist.vercel.app/apps/system-color-picker/