Re: Pixel Color?

Subject: Re: Pixel Color?
From: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:28:18 -0400

No, I'm looking for a real-time tool that I can simply point at a pixel
onscreen and nab its values.

ColorPix did that AND provided coordinates to boot!

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On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 4:26 PM, Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com> wrote:

> If all you need is a way to identify the RGB values of a color in an
> image, you can do that with Windows Paint. Open the picture with Paint,
> click the Color Picker tool, click the desired color in your image. Paint
> sets it as Color 1. Then click the Edit Colors icon to display the values.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mike
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> On 6/12/2018 2:18 PM, Chris Morton wrote:
>
>> I'm running Win 8.1 and used to use the fee, low overhead ColorPix tool to
>> discover the color of an onscreen item.
>>
>> ColorPix doesn't function anymore, at least not while my security apps are
>> active (haven't tested turning them off).
>>
>> Anyone know of a free replacement tool that is ad-free and isn't going to
>> compromise my PC?
>>
>> Chris Morton
>>
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