Lightweight color picker for X11. Use mouse cursor to select colors visible anywhere on the screen to view their RGB representation.
Currently, the easiest way to install xcolor is to use cargo:
shell
$ cargo install xcolor
Simply invoke the xcolor command to select a color. The selected color will be
printed to the standard output. By default, color values will be printed in
lowercase hexadecimal format. The output format can be changed using the -f
FORMAT switch. The possible format values are listed bellow:
| Format Specifier | Description | Example |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| hex | Lowercase hexadecimal (default) | #ff00ff |
| HEX | Uppercase hexadecimal | #00FF00 |
| rgb | Decimal RGB | rgb(255, 255, 255) |
| plain | Decimal with semicolon separators | 0;0;0 |