# Just Color Picker review (2026): is it any good?

> Free portable color picker and editor for Windows and macOS

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Just Color Picker captures the color of any pixel on screen and shows its code in formats including HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK and Oklab. It adds a color list, editors, a scheme generator and a gradient tool. It is freeware and the Windows build runs without installation.

- **Category:** Desktop Utilities
- **Made by:** AnnyStudio.com
- **Website:** https://annystudio.com/software/colorpicker/
- **Runs on:** Windows, macOS
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use Linux or a phone, as neither is listed.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, Just Color Picker is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** The vendor describes it as 100% freeware with no registration and no personal data collection.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Just Color Picker | $0 | Freeware; the Windows version is a portable app and the macOS version comes as a disk image. |

Read from https://annystudio.com/software/colorpicker/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Just Color Picker before buying.

## Key features

- **Color code formats:** HEX, RGB, HSB/HSV, HSL, HWB, CMY, CMYK, Oklab and TColor.
- **Magnifier and keyboard control:** 3x, 9x and 15x magnifier, with keyboard control of the cursor for precision.
- **Color list:** Save and catalog picked colors, add comments, and open or save Photoshop .aco and GIMP .gpl palettes.
- **Editors and schemes:** RGB, HSV and HSL editors, color wheels, a harmonious scheme generator and gradients between two colors.
- **Readability check:** A text tool for judging font and background color combinations.
- **Screen freeze and point lock:** Screen freeze is Windows only; point lock watches the color at a fixed screen spot.

## Good for

- Web designers who want a free picker with many formats
- Windows users who want a portable tool they can run from a USB stick

## Worth knowing

- Supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 to 11 and 64-bit macOS 10.8 or later; no Linux version is listed.
- Screen freeze and click-to-capture are Windows only.
- On macOS it needs the Screen Recording permission and stores settings in a hidden ~/.config folder.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 3.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Just Color Picker grabs the color of any pixel and shows it in HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK and Oklab, with editors and a scheme generator. It is freeware, but screen freeze and click-to-capture are Windows only.

- **Value for money: A.** Freeware, with no registration and no personal data collected, per the vendor.
- **Free plan and trial: A.** The full program is free with no cap or trial clock.
- **Features: B.** Many color formats, magnifier, color list, editors, scheme generator, readability check and gradient tool. The listing names no gap in the core job.
- **Ease of use: B.** No store rating is on record, but the Windows build is portable and needs no installation.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Windows 7 to 11 and macOS 10.8 or later, but computers only. No phone, web or Linux version.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AnnyStudio.com's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among desktop utilities

- Just Color Picker's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 182 of the 186 other desktop utilities we grade, and level with 4.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 107 of 186) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 111).
- Just Color Picker has no paid plan.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/utilities

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** Just Color Picker is free, so making your own would save you nothing. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.2 is higher than 182 of the 186 other desktop utilities we grade.

- You could not: A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Adobe Photoshop, GIMP

**Tags:** Works offline, Keyboard-first

## Alternatives

- [ColorSnapper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/colorsnapper): Mac color picker with a magnifying glass and 30+ export formats. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/colorsnapper-vs-just-color-picker)
- [Sip](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sip): Mac color picker with palettes, formats and a contrast checker. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/just-color-picker-vs-sip)
- [Microsoft PowerToys](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-powertoys): Free Microsoft utilities for customizing Windows 10 and 11. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/just-color-picker-vs-microsoft-powertoys)
- [ShareX](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sharex): Free, open-source screenshot and screen recording for Windows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/just-color-picker-vs-sharex)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://annystudio.com/software/colorpicker/
- https://annystudio.com/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/just-color-picker
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