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Never again will you have to take screenshots or pull up a color wheel to match color hues. Pixie lets you get the color values for any object, including for your desktop or for any window of any application. Once the program is installed and running, all you have to do is point the mouse cursor to a solid or text color. Pixie then displays the color values in a tiny window in several popular formats, including HTML color code, RGB and CMYK codes, HSV, and hex. Various hot keys make your work with Pixie more comfortable; for example, Ctrl Alt C copies the HTML value of a current color to your Windows clipboard. We loved the fact that, for complex images, you can magnify a 32-by-32 pixel area to choose a color from exactly the pixel you want. The program also displays the selected pixel and its corresponding X and Y coordinates. Pixie is a cool little program that makes it easy for users of all levels to instantly reproduce colors in their favorite programs or on their Web pages.Publisher's Description
From Nattyware:
Pixie is an easy-to-use, fast, and tiny utility designed especially to fit the needs of Webmasters and designers. It's a color picker that includes a mouse tracker. Run it and simply point to a color, and it will tell you the hex, RGB, HTML, CMYK, and HSV values of that color. You can then use these values to reproduce the selected color in your favorite programs. Pixie also will show the current 'xy' position of your mouse pointer. It's the only tool you'll need for working with colors.
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All versions:
4.5 starsout of 46 votes
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Current version:
4.1 starsout of 12 votes
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"great program but installed malware on my computer"
Version: Pixie 4.1
Pros
My rating is not for pixie, I love and use this program a ton
Cons
my rating is for the fact that after installing my computer had several new items running in the background from "conduit" it also restarted my browser and installed a new search bar. final and most irritating is the fact that it hijacked my browser home page. had to do a computer restore to get fix it
Summary
great program just don't install it from this source
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"Perfect Color Sampler with no install required."
Version: Pixie 4.1
Pros
This lightweight non-installing program is perfect for getting the RGB and HTML color codes. It works much like the eye dropper function in other programs but it is more accurate and reports the value at the end of your pointer. When done simply close the program no uninstall required. Useful and very small memory foot print.
Cons
I did not have any issues used this program on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
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"I love my Pixie!"
Version: Pixie 4.1
Pros
I design pages on the web and the Pixie makes is so easy to match my colours. It is so small you don't even know you have it until you turn it on. So cool!
Cons
Careful when you download. Click you are not interested in all the extra crap they want to put in your computer. Click Custom download.
That's it!Summary
I love my pixie!
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"it's great tool!"
Version: Pixie 4.1
Pros
simple interface and easy to use, and portable!
Cons
i have no comment for it :)
Summary
it's very very useful for graphic designer, web designer, and other. otherwise, it's very good tool.
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"cmyk problems"
Version: Pixie 4.1
Pros
Easy to use
Cons
The cmyk values I was getting from Pixie did not match the values I was getting from other programs.
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"I'd be lost without it."
Version: Pixie 4.1
Pros
I've been using Pixie for about five years from XP through Vista to 7. It's one of the first apps to go on a new machine. As tiny as it is, it keeps getting better with new features.
Cons
None that I've found. It's clumsy with Microsoft products because they don't accept HTML code input. Microsoft color picker is inherently awkward.
Summary
Precise, pixel-perfect color matching in HEX, HTML, RGB, CMYK AND HSV. I especially appreciate the hotkey copy function for HTML values.
I love that it operates independently, across other apps, so I can grab a color from a webpage and pop it into Photoshop or a web editor.
The new color mixer and magnifier options rock. -
"FANTASTIC !!!!!!!"
Version: Pixie 4.1
Pros
It does exaclty what is advertised - allows you to know the exact color code of any onscrenn object in a millisecond! Never have to guess again - it really simplifies web and print design color code crossover issues as well.
Cons
None whatsoever.
Summary
Small, easy, delivers, makes design life easier.
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"Just what I was looking for"
Version: Pixie 4.1
Pros
It does just what I need.
Cons
Has some problem with Show/Hide. If you let it get out of sight (To StatusBar), you won't be able to use it anymore till you restar your computer.
Also the letters are very small. With a 15' screen monitor I needed to use a lent.Summary
Very necessary and very useful. But tends to disappear just when you need it.
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"Works very well with no problems."
Version: Pixie 4.1
Pros
Easy to use and works very well
Cons
None to speak of.
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"Excellent, easy to use and very small."
Version: Pixie 4.1
Pros
intuitive, lots of features for such a tine program. It is perfect and unobtrusive
Cons
didn't find any
Summary
excellent.
