When taking a screenshot of a specific screen region via PrintScreen (Spectacle), we often need to quickly sample a color value from the area we are capturing.
The Concept
Add a dedicated Color Picker icon directly to the action menu/overlay that appears when selecting a region.
How it works:
Press PrintScreen to bring up the selection area.
Click the Color Picker button in the quick menu.
Click any pixel to instantly copy its HEX / RGB code to the clipboard.
Since KDE Plasma already has a built-in, native color picker component, this is purely about connecting existing tools together within the Spectacle UI rather than building anything from scratch.
It would be a huge time-saver for designers and developers! What do you think?
For this to work flawlessly, the color picker must read directly from the original unshaded screen frame buffer (the raw image captured before applying the dimming overlay/effect).
This will put an end to the hassle of going to a website to simply find a color or just This will put an end to the hassle of entering a website to simply find a color or just adding another space-consuming widget that unnecessarily takes up space in the taskbar.
Using the standard color picker was always a stop gap and I’ve been meaning to replace it, but never got around to it. Feel free to file a wishlist bug report about it.