What's New

v5.4.6 — 2012‑10‑17

  • Added keyboard shortcut for increasing multi‑pixel averaging
  • Increased pixel finder size in magnified view when using multi‑pixel averaging. Try plus/minus on the numeric keypad

v5.4.5 — 2007‑10‑24

  • Added Clarion Hex support
  • Added arrow key support while eyedropping or magnifying
  • Added multi‑pixel average sampling (3×3 to 31×31)

v5.4.2 — 2006‑09‑18

  • Added “Put cursor over Eyedropper on startup” feature
  • Fixed minimize‑on‑startup so it doesn't flash when starting

v5.4.1 — 2006‑09‑15

  • Settings files are now stored in the Application Data directory

v5.4 — 2006‑09‑03

  • New icon created by Raul Matei
  • Changed the location of .dat/.bmp files
  • Updated the domain used in the URLs

v5.3 — 2003‑02‑23

  • Detect Websafe — Displays whether the selected color is web‑safe or not
  • Allow Multiple Instances — Option to restrict Color Cop to a single running instance
  • RGB Float mode — Outputs color as R/255, G/255, B/255 (e.g., 0.47, 0.47, 1.00). Alt+[ decreases float precision; Alt+] increases it
  • RGB Int mode — Outputs color as R,G,B (e.g., 128,255,64)
  • Relative position measurements — Press Control while eyedropping to set coordinates to (0,0). Drag to measure distance relative to that point
  • Magnify while eyedropping — Shows a small black square indicating cursor location

v5.2 — 2002‑11‑23

  • Added “Convert to Grayscale”
  • Added ability to click on the magnified area to select a color

v5.1.3 — 2002‑02‑16

  • Added persistent magnifier bitmap
  • Shift+F10 simulates right‑click to open the options menu
  • Added the options menu to the system menu for keyboard access

v5.0.1 — 2001‑07‑28

  • Added Windows help file (press F1)
  • Fixed plus/minus button sensitivity
  • Fixed About dialog issue

v5.0 — 2001‑07‑22

v4.0 — 2000‑05‑17

v3.6 — 2000‑02‑20

v3.5 — 1999‑11‑11

v3.0 — 1999‑10‑01

v2.2 — 1999‑09‑24

v2.0 — 1999‑08‑22

v1.0 — 1999‑08‑15