Sometimes , you’re viewing some kind of image or web page on your computer and you really like the color you see and are wondering what it could be. Perhaps you’re experiencing the problem that you are color-blind and finding it difficult to distinguish one particular color from another with the precision you’ll need.
While obviously every hue of color in the world doesn’t come with its own unique name but there are some that have. It’s more beneficial to give an individual a color name instead of Hex values or, for instance, if you’re searching for a color to use on an online site or Cascading Style Sheet It’s better to match a hue that could be referred to as “sky blue” instead of simply “a light blue” for instance.
There are several ways to determine the exact name of a color using your mouse, or typing Hex or RGB values.
- Colorblind Assistant
Colorblind Assistant is a useful small tool that provides the name written for the color beneath the pointer of your mouse. Simply move your mouse over the screen, then glance at the tiny zoom window until you are on the color you’d like and then look up what the name is. The window will Find color by name or hex, green blue, brightness and saturation values , as well as the bar graph of each.
Colorblind Assistant can be configured to run in conjunction with any other window, making it useful in games, and even video’s. Alongside your color’s name, there are can access options for RGB and Hex codes. It would been great for a hotkey similar to other tools to pick colors that allow you to record the information and possibly copy them to the clipboard. Maybe temporarily block the program’s updates to allow you to record the color without having to touch the mouse.
Colorblind Assistant is a small download at 1MB that is it is compatible for the majority of Windows operating systems like Windows XP, Vista and 7. In the case of a tool that is so small it would be ideal to make it mobile, since it’s just an executable that’s a single colors.txt file that can be downloaded from Program Files to make it portable for you.
- Color Detector
Color Detector is like Colorblind Assistant in the way it functions and that is by giving users the names of an actual color dependent on the mouse’s pointer is hovering over. However, it does have one drawback that is the majority of time , you’ll get “not found” in the color name box because either the range of built-in colors is limited and/or the Hex value has to be precise for it to show the color’s name.
The program will be in top form at all times, and isn’t a problem, unless you want to transfer it back. The color box will display an image of the color beneath the pointer, along with screen X andY coordinates, as well as the Hex code, and the actual RGB values. Some of the useful features this application does include that we would like to see included in Colorblind Assistant are the F5 key to freeze the color of the pointer as well as F6 or F7 can copy Hex and RGB numbers into the clipboard.
The program requires installation however there is an option to download the executable with the Universal Extractor. It works on Windows XP and above.
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- Name That Color
This is the manual method to determine a specific color’s name. With Name That Color, you can make an exact color on your screen making use of the mixer tool, and it will reveal the name of the color closest to it. Also, if you already have an Hex value in another program , or with an color-picking tool you can have it added to the program and it will instantly change.
If you already have a color in your mind, an alphabetical named collection of approximately 1500 colors can be found in the dropdown to inform you the hue, Hex and RGB values. The creator of Name That Color allows anyone to integrate the same feature on their own site or application by using the javascript library he developed.
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- Colblindor
Name That Color’s Name That Color website links to a comparable but more sophisticated program known as Colblindor which has additional features. First, you can alter the kind of color chart between saturation, hue the brightness as well as green, red or blue. Moreover, each value can be manually entered which means that if you possess RGB value for the colour, those could be entered to determine the color along with its name.
Colblindor also includes a second color bar which will show you the color name from 10 main hues. The total of Colblindor tool is aware of 1640 color names that is more than enough to satisfy anyone.
