ColorSlurp
reviews and complaints

I am not sure why it is so hard to find a nice color app. It took me way too long to find this one but now that I have it I won't be looking any further, it works very well. I only wish that I could export it directly to adobe apps and maybe on of the export options will work but I haven't figured that out yet

As Web Developer and Graphic Designer I find myself using Colorslurp almost daily. Its very user friendly and the color picker tool is very accurate for finding hex values. I also like that I can quickly access Colorslurp quickly from the top right corner of my screens. Its the best I have found for use on my MacBook pro.

I upgraded to Pro a while ago because nothing else comes close to this app. The simplicity and feature set are fantastic. However, the new iOS companion app requires a SEPARATE upgrade to PRO for iCloud sync. Come on. That just seems greedy. The iOS app is a toy. Let it be motivation to upgrade to PRO overall. Not separately.

As far as I can tell, exporting the color sets, so you can run color slurp on another machine is not possible. There's also no tools to choose complimentary, analogous colors based off your current color. This app essentially only holds colors you load in and doesn't help you build out a palette, you'll need another program for that.

An indespensible tool in a designer's toolbox. Its robust feature set and simplicity combine in a powerful app that sits unobtrusively in the task bar and is ready when needed. The icloud sync is a must for working on projects across devices. The recent addition of the palette creation tool from an image does an amazing job. Well done.

As a UI/UX Consultant I have a need for sampling colors quickly and unobtrusively quite often. Inspiration can come from many sources, so being able to grab a color, build a collection, and check for accessibility compliance on the fly is quite valuable in my daily workflow. Colorslurp does a brilliantly delivers tools for these needs.

The tool is pretty good. I got it to replace Sip which is now a paid tool.

But omg the default "slurp" sound is so ***disgusting***. Thankfully they give other options.

The only reason it's not a 5 star rating is that I haven't figured out how to slurp a color for workspaces (like when u hit Ctrl Left or Ctrl Right). And something else but I forget.

I'm colorblind. I do design research work. I don't design primarily, but I do need to evaluate designs. ColorSlurp makes my work possible.

ColorSlurp is the best color utility I've tried. Collections work well. Shortcuts do, too.

COLOR NAMES FEATURE REQUEST
I want to see the names of colors I'm working with. The developer says it's on the roadmap. I hope it'll come soon.

ColorSlurp has been a fixture in my Mac menu bar since I found it. It's a fast, thoughtfully designed, high quality app, easily worth the pro unlock. As a developer who works across different languages and toolkits, I appreciated the range of paste formats it had right out of the box. It has a clean and tasteful UI and a good set of configurable preferences. Just a great, focused app.

This is a minimalist app that basically does what I needed it to do – extract colors from anywhere on my screen and tell me the hexcode. It's a good free app if you're looking for something simple that will do the job. It even has a keyboard shortcut that you can use to bring it up without opening it on the dock.

My only misgiving is that when you pick a color, it makes a weird slurping noise by default. It is very unsettling while wearing headphones, and it's hard to figure out where the noise is coming from sometimes. Fortunately, you can turn it off.

The browser plugin I was using was good but it turned out to have malware in it which was taking over my search function in the browser and redirecting me to places I didn't want to go.
I was happy to find Color Slurp because it is an Apple app and so I can rest easier that there isn't a bunch of rogue software code hidden in it (Apple has strong software development standards).
It works really well.
Another reason to use it is that you can capture colors from anything on your screen. The obejct or image doesn't have be in your browser.
Definitely recommend!

If you try to do anything screen-related, like move the windows, take screenshots, etc. the icons will disappear. No matter what you do, short of a reboot, do not get them ro reappear. Also took away the single menubar click to open. Now shows a menu so there is an annoying 2-step open process. How about leaving the behavior and add a right-click or CTRL-click to open the menu? A nice simple program is trending downward because the developer is trying to sell you something. Unfortunately, I don't pay for annoying software. Go back to simple and then I can be convinced to pay for a "Pro" version to support development.

I've used a few color palette tools, but ColorSlurp has been my go-to app since I've installed it ... Love the keyboard shortcut to get the color value to paste into code or into a design app. Enjoy the way I can create different palettes - by a palette name or for a project. Highly recommend this app!

As an update (August 16, 2022) ... Here's one area, if you're looking for quick accessibility testing, I love -- the ability to see a score for contrast between two colors. I should have mentioned that before. In a recent update, there was a bug with the color contrast picker, but (after contacting support) they identified the issue and are pushing an update.

As others have said, buy the full version, you won't regret it!

Color Slurp has proven to be an absolutely indespenisble tool as a graphic designer. My favorite part is how quickly and easily this lets me use colors from one color space in another. As a freelance designer, I get all sorts of files from my clients, oftentimes inconsistent with one another. Thanks to Color Slurp it's now a breeze to pick CMYK colors from InDesign and use them as RGB colors over in Illustrator. I can even easily convert my brand colors to the weird colorspace Squarespace uses without having to Google a random website to help me out!

I also really love how if you have it on one device, you're able to sync it through iCloud with all your others. I can create custom palettes on my computer and use them immediately over in a procreate file. The camera color selection tool is a really neat and useful addition as well– my favorite palette comes from a sunflower I saw while I was out walking!

All in all, if you do design or artistic work of any kind, I highly recommend this app on all your devices, and I recommend buying the pro version to unlock all the extremly useful features it has!

This basic version only provided a color name. Upgrading to the "Pro" version is $$$$$$$$. I deleted.

It doesn't handle a maximized screen on a Mac well

If only there were a way to start the application at startup just as a menubar application

Downloaded ver 2.2.0, no matter what I have on my screen, when I click on the pencil icon to bring up the magnifier, it only sees and captures the image of my screen wallpaper.

I've used dozens of color pickers. Hovering the color picker doen't even come close to the selected color. Blues are purples, greens are pink and yellows are black - am I doing something wrong here?

Usually, the color the eyedropper is picking up are shades of amber. It used to pick up the color it was directly over, now I don't know where the colors are coming from. It is no longer useful. Not sure if this is a Catalina problem.

I like this app. But, for some reasons, Mac reports this app is using too much energy even though app is not active and not being used.

I have 4 Macs - Mac Pro, MBP 13'', 15'' and 15'' (Mid 2015).

On all these machines I do have this app, and this app takes too much energy all of at sudden.
Please fix.