Simple Color Picker Review — Lightweight Colour Picker With Instant Hex and RGB Output
Simple Color Picker is a lightweight colour sampling tool for Chrome — click on any pixel of any webpage and get its exact colour in hex, RGB, and HSL formats instantly. Where ColorZilla provides a more comprehensive suite of colour tools, Simple Color Picker focuses on the core sampling function with a minimal, fast interface. Designed for creators who need quick colour sampling without the overhead of a full design tool suite.
Install on Chrome Web Store →Key Features
Click any visible pixel on a webpage to sample its exact colour. The hex code, RGB values, and HSL values are displayed immediately in the popup — all three formats available for pasting directly into whichever design tool you use.
The colour picker activates from the toolbar icon and deactivates after sampling — the interaction is contained to the sampling action without leaving a persistent overlay on the page.
Recent colour history shows your last few sampled colours, useful when building a palette from multiple page elements without writing down each value.
The interface is minimal by design — the extension does colour sampling and nothing else. Load time and interface complexity are both lower than feature-heavy alternatives.
Who Is It For
Creators who need quick, occasional colour sampling from webpages — grabbing a brand colour from a competitor's page, matching a colour from a reference image, or sampling from a design element they want to replicate. The minimal interface suits creators who want a fast, focused tool rather than a comprehensive colour suite.
If you regularly need gradient analysis, page-wide colour palette extraction, or CSS colour generation, ColorZilla's broader feature set is more appropriate. Simple Color Picker is built for straightforward single-pixel sampling.
Pros and Cons
- ✅ Faster and simpler interface than feature-heavy alternatives
- ✅ All three colour formats (hex, RGB, HSL) available immediately
- ✅ Completely free
- ❌ No gradient analysis or full-page colour extraction — sampling only
- ❌ Limited colour history compared to more comprehensive tools
Pricing
Simple Color Picker is completely free. No paid version, no account required.
Summary
Worth installing as a lightweight colour sampling tool for creators who do occasional colour matching from web references. If you need more comprehensive colour analysis features, ColorZilla is the fuller alternative. For pure sampling speed, Simple Color Picker is hard to beat.