Or maybe you just set up your blog with a custom theme and you want a quick and easy way to incorporate the colors of your new theme into your Adsense ads.
Regardless of the reason, any self respecting blogger or web designer needs a color picker in his or her proverbial toolbox. Because lets face it, if you want to figure out the hex code for a color on a web page, you really only have 2 options. You could dig into the HTML or CSS to find out the color codes (not fun), or you could use a color picker!
A quick Google search for “color picker” returned a myriad of choices. My ideal color picker would be a small, quick loading application that didn’t take up a lot of screen space or system resources. And, although I haven’t found one yet, I really think that the ultimate color picker would need to be an application that could load straight from your right-click menu. That way you could hover over a color, right-click, and see the Hex code for that color in a simple pop up window. If anyone knows of a color picker that has this capability, please post a comment. In the meantime, I plan to explore and review a few of the pickers that Google returned, and let you know which ones are worth your time and effort to install.
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ColorPic
The first color picker I found useful was ColorPic by iconico.com. ColorPic was on the over-achiever end of the spectrum and a little bit more full-featured than I was looking for. However, it’s laundry list of features is also it’s strength. If you want an extremely versitle color picker with all the bells and whistles, ColorPic is a perfect choice.
I’ve highlighted a few of the features that make ColorPic useful for my intended use, which is to quickly and easily get hex codes for colors on a webpage. First, color ColorPic allows you pick and save up to 16 color “chips” for later reference. Second, ColorPic provides a useful zoom window at the bottom of the application. You can zoom from 2x (pictured) to 36x. This is especially useful for higher resolution monitors that makes picking the exact pixel of color difficult. Those are just two of ColorPic’s numerous features.
To use ColorPic with Adsense, you could navigate to your blog or web page, highlight the background and link colors, and then plug them into the Google’s Adsense setup options. That way your Adsense text ads will match your site’s color scheme perfectly.
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Huey
The next color picker I found useful looked as though it was designed with Adsense in mind. Huey by lightman.com is a wonderful little picker with just the right mix of tools to make it perfect for setting up your Adsense color scheme.
For starters, Huey comes with tabs that allow you to choose which attribute you want to assign color values to. If you want to set the background color simply click on the background tab and point the the desired color with the dropper (you’ll need to drag the dropper over the color). Like magic, the background in the link display changes color instantly. If you do this with each tab, the link display will look exactly like an Adsense text add color-coordinated perfectly for your site!
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Switch
Another picker I liked won points for it’s simplicity. If your looking for a simple little solution that will allow you to quickly grab the HTML color value of any pixel on your screen, Switch by Rory Primrose is perfect! Switch is a small, simple yet powerful solution that won’t get in the way of your work.
If you have another color picker you’d like to suggest, please leave a comment. I’ll review it when I get the chance and add it to the list if it proves useful. Also, if you know of a color picker that can be incorporated directly into the right-click menu, please let me know. That would be the ultimate in quick and easy functionality!
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