Colora0.2

When working with colors for any graphics-related project, having an easy way to select the ones you need, as well as organize them into palettes, will save you a lot of time and make your job easier.If you don’t yet have a tool for these tasks, you should definitely take a look at Colora. It is a fairly straightforward, open-source utility that can help you pick colors from your screen, set up palettes and perform conversions.

Pick colors and convert them between representation modes

When you start looking for a specific color, you can either bring up the standard Windows Color dialog or just pick one directly from the screen. The picker tool offers several magnification modes, making it easy to identify the right pixels.Once you’ve found the right color, you will see its RBG and HEX codes in the upper part of the window, which you can then copy to the clipboard. What's more, it is also possible to get the HSB, HSL and CMYK codes by just expanding the color settings panel and switching between tabs.

Create color palettes for your projects in a couple of easy steps

After selecting a number of colors, they will be listed in the Latest Colors section, which can hold up to ten items. If you want to use them to create a palette, one mouse click is all you need to send them to the Palette Editor.The editor can be toggled on or off at any time, and you can export palettes to the GPL format to be used in GIMP, as well as import any palettes that you wish to modify in some way.

Well-designed, unobtrusive user interface

As far as the GUI is concerned, we are pleased to note that it features a novice-friendly layout, and you can even switch to a minimalistic mode that only provides access to the application’s essential features and further reduces the window’s dimensions.In short, Colora is a worthwhile tool for any user who works with colors and color palettes on a regular basis. It offers a pretty impressive set of features for such a small utility, and it is very intuitive.