ColorSlurp
ColorSlurp is a Mac color picker and palette tool for capturing on-screen colors, organizing swatches, and converting them for design and development work.
What is ColorSlurp?
ColorSlurp is a native Mac color picker app that helps designers and developers capture, organize, convert, and reuse colors in everyday workflows. It is made by IdeaPunch and focuses on turning color collection into a practical workspace for interface design, branding, illustration, accessibility review, and front-end development. On Mac, users can pick colors directly from the screen with a magnifier, build palettes and projects, and copy values in multiple color formats for use in creative and coding tools. The app also includes palette browsing, automatic palette generation from images, and contrast checking for accessibility work. For people who work across Apple devices, ColorSlurp can sync palettes between Mac and iOS with iCloud.
Key features
- Pick colors from anywhere on your screen with a magnified color picker.
- Create, organize, and search color palettes and larger color projects.
- Copy color values in multiple formats such as HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH, LAB, and Display P3.
- Generate palettes automatically from photos and imported images.
- Browse pre-made palettes for inspiration and reuse.
- Check color contrast with WCAG and APCA accessibility tools.
- Export palettes and colors for use in design and development workflows.
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
ColorSlurp is legitimate color utility software for Mac and iOS. Access to screen contents or photos is consistent with its purpose when you use features such as picking on-screen colors or generating palettes from images. If you no longer use it, removing the app mainly affects your saved palettes, exports, and any iCloud-synced color workflow tied to the app.
Recommendation: Keep ColorSlurp if you regularly collect colors, manage palettes, or check contrast in design or development work. If you do not use those features, you can remove it like other Mac apps; just export or sync any palettes you want to keep first.
Common paths
/Applications/ColorSlurp.app
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