Color picker for Chrome

Question

There is a question about a general color picker for the computer, but is there a Chrome extension for color picking?

By this I mean, a pointer that can zoom in and tell me the HTML hex color code and RGB number.

I need it to be:

• free
• a chrome extension (so I can use it on Windows and OSX)
• allowing me to zoom in to certain parts of a webpage
• working on local files as well
• show hex code and RGB number

This will be useful when I like a certain colour scheme for a website and would like to try using it in other things

Answer 1

Eye Dropper & ColorZilla

They are Google Chrome extensions for picking colors from a webpage. They are very similar, and only meet some of your requirements so I'm combining them in one answer. They both:

• Are free

• Are Chrome extensions

• Have no zoom functionality, but they show a preview of the current pixel under the mouse pointer

• Do not work on local files (a possible workaround is using Print Sreen and uploading screenshots, or using a non-extension app)

• Show hex and RGB codes, among other formats

                           Eyedropper                                       ColorZilla
  

Answer 2

I found something similar to what I wanted, and it's built into Chrome!

It's in developer tools (F12 on Windows, Option+cmd+I on OSX):

Double click the colour shown in the 'Styles' tab and you will be shown with a colour picker. You get the current pixel you are over magnified and a click will show you the HTML code where you can copy it.

I'm choosing this over @Timmy's answer because it works on local files.

What it doesn't do (that I would have liked):

• show me the RGB code (although a quick Google of the html code will show me the rgb one)
• can't exactly zoom in (but the magnified pixel works just fine :)

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