A tool to identify the RGB of a selected color

[handrawn]

the eyedropper mike mentions will give you the HSV [or the colourline palette colour if that is appropriate]

the colour editor gary mentioned wiil give you HSV by default, but you can then switch to RGB

make sure you do not have objects selected or you may recolour them by accident

[Chris M]

If you really want Image Composer: on a computer with a CD/DVD drive, copy the content onto a USB thumb drive and install from there.

[dutchim]

There is a tiny desktop app/program that will give you all the values.

Its called Pixie and you can get at at the following link:

http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php

You get the Hex, HTML#, RGB, CMYK & HSV all at one glance

Hope it is of use

[CKinTX]

There is a tiny desktop app/program that will give you all the values.

Its called Pixie and you can get at at the following link:

http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php

You get the Hex, HTML#, RGB, CMYK & HSV all at one glance

Hope it is of use

That would be of great use, actually. Thanx!

[Acorn]

Download AutoHotKey. This comes with a Windows Spy script that dynamically shows the RGB colour under the pointer.

Or work on your own with:

^!z:: ; Control+Alt+Z hotkey.MouseGetPos, MouseX, MouseY
PixelGetColor, color, %MouseX%, %MouseY%
MsgBox The color at the current cursor position is %color%.
return

Limited but easy to enhance.

Acorn

[CKinTX]

At the bottom left is an eye dropper. It works both in your Xara application and outside it.

Or Ctrl + e to open the Color Editor. Select RGB Color Model. Drag the eyedropper over the color you want to sample.

the eyedropper mike mentions will give you the HSV [or the colourline palette colour if that is appropriate]

the colour editor gary mentioned wiil give you HSV by default, but you can then switch to RGB

make sure you do not have objects selected or you may recolour them by accident

Thank you for the replies, guys! Those are a big help. I've had Xara for years, and always thought the eyedropper would only change the color of an object.

Learn something new everyday!

[CKinTX]

Download AutoHotKey. This comes with a Windows Spy script that dynamically shows the RGB colour under the pointer.

Or work on your own with:

Limited but easy to enhance.

Acorn

Thanx, Acorn, I'll check it out.

[gwpriester]

If you are sampling a solid color, that's one thing . But the problem sampling a photo is a color is made of of hundreds or thousands of various colored pixels. So your value will depend on which specific pixel you are hovering over. Unless the sampling method is capable of averaging an area and even that is going to change.

A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a...

[Acorn]

So, in a crude way, the new Palette from Photo averages out and creates a primary colour.

Acorn

[handrawn]

that would be pure hue