Color Picker Chrome Extension Analysis
Developer & Designer ToolsStore listing title: Color Picker - Native Eyedropper
Chrome extension ID: hehcmpomfkidgnjplbopmpbmkhhhhiec
A browser extension that provides a magnifying glass eyedropper to determine pixel colors on the entire screen. It supports color selection history and allows users to edit values and copy results in HEX, RGBA, HSVA, HSLA, and CMYK formats.
Overview
Installs
10K+
Rating
★ 4.4
16 reviews
Languages
27 locales
Includes Deutsch, English, Indonesia, Nederlands...
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Developer & Designer Tools
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
Moderate review signal
Listing positioning
The product positions itself as a high-precision native eyedropper tool capable of capturing colors from anywhere on the screen, not just within the browser window. It emphasizes its magnifying glass feature, support for multiple color formats, and ability to extract colors from images and video files.
Inferred product pattern
A lightweight, utility-focused design tool providing global screen access for color extraction.
Review-backed pain points
Users reported that picking a color on a clickable icon triggers the click event of that icon. Additionally, one user reported system crashes, and others noted that long color codes (like HSL) do not fit well within the UI.
Observed feature gaps
Lack of a continuous picking mode and insufficient UI scaling for certain color space representations.
- Graphic Designers
- Web Developers
- UI/UX Designers
- Digital Artists
- Capturing colors from video frames
- Extracting colors from images in native viewers
- Picking colors outside the browser window
- Converting color formats
- Simplicity and intuitive interface
- Effectiveness compared to other store versions
- High utility for design work
- Accidental interaction with clickable elements during color picking
- System instability/crashes
- UI layout issues with long color strings
- Performance complaints detected
- No pricing information or friction observed in the provided data.
Support
No support or account-related complaints observed.
Reliability
One user reported that the extension caused their computer to crash.
Privacy
No privacy or security complaints observed.
- No clear monetization signal
- No account requirement observed
- No clear pricing signal
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 1
- Videos: 0
- Languages: 27
- Developer contact
- Official website
- Version: 0.1.8
- Size: 116KiB
- Last updated:
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Website: webextension.org
