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Your eyedropper tool picked the "wrong" color? It's probably averaging pixels you didn't mean to sample.

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Your eyedropper tool picked the "wrong" color? It's probably averaging pixels you didn't mean to sample.

A frequent complaint in image-editing forums: the eyedropper tool "picks the wrong color," slightly off from what's visibly on screen. The usual cause is a sample size set to average a small area rather than a single point — the fix commonly suggested is switching to a single-point sample.

Get the exact HEX code from an image, one pixel at a time

This eyedropper always samples exactly one pixel — never an average of its neighbors — so the value you get is the value that's actually there.

Image color picker with a magnified loupe

Landing precisely on a single pixel at normal zoom is hard. A magnified loupe with a crosshair follows your cursor in real time so you can see exactly where you're about to click before you commit.

No upload, plus a pick history

Sampling happens entirely in your browser, and your last 10 picks stay visible so you can compare or re-copy an earlier color.

Try the eyedropper color picker →

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