Image Viewer with color selection?

azerty · 2007-09-02 21:16:07

I'm searching an text-mode image viewer (like qiv or feh) but with built-in color picker, so I could easily find out the HEX-code of displayed colors.

Is there something like that out there?

mac57 · 2007-09-03 16:01:01

Well, not quite the answer you are looking for, but the only image app I am aware of with a color picker is GIMP ...but you knew that already and were looking for something simpler, right?

azerty · 2007-09-03 16:08:10

mac57 wrote:

Well, not quite the answer you are looking for, but the only image app I am aware of with a color picker is GIMP ...but you knew that already and were looking for something simpler, right?

Full ACK.

I do almost never work on images or graphics, I just view some pictures and sometimes I need the HEX-code of a color for some programming.. So installing GIMP just for its color picker is a bit too much of it.

MrWeatherbee · 2007-09-03 16:37:41

Since you're the guy who thinks midnight commander is too bloated, I was hesitant to even post this alternative. But then again, Mac57 was brave enough to invoke the Gimp, so I'll throw this out there even though it still doesn't seem to fit:

gcolor2
http://gcolor2.sourceforge.net/

Depending on your base set-up, it may have too many dependencies as well. Don't know for sure.

But this color picker definitely has the advantage of being application independent, meaning you don't have to have any other graphics app open to use it, and it is not limited to picking colors inside the GUI like the color picker in Gimp, for instance. Basically, when gcolor2 is launched, you can pick from any color anywhere your mouse can be moved.

I've used it for quite some time in various Linux distros including Arch.

Last edited by MrWeatherbee (2007-09-03 16:39:16)

azerty · 2007-09-03 18:02:58

MrWeatherbee wrote:

Since you're the guy who thinks midnight commander is too bloated, I was hesitant to even post this alternative.

Damn it after only 2 weeks I've already been unmasked. *stealing away and registering new account* *tap* *tap*

MrWeatherbee wrote:

But then again, Mac57 was brave enough to invoke the Gimp, so I'll throw this out there even though it still doesn't seem to fit:
gcolor2
http://gcolor2.sourceforge.net/
Depending on your base set-up, it may have too many dependencies as well. Don't know for sure.
But this color picker definitely has the advantage of being application independent, meaning you don't have to have any other graphics app open to use it, and it is not limited to picking colors inside the GUI like the color picker in Gimp, for instance. Basically, when gcolor2 is launched, you can pick from any color anywhere your mouse can be moved.
I've used it for quite some time in various Linux distros including Arch.

Even if it isn't what I'm actually searching, I think I'll stay with gcolor2 since it seems that there isn't any qiv-like app. with built-in colorpicker.Thank you.

Arch Linux

#1 2007-09-02 21:16:07

Image Viewer with color selection?

#2 2007-09-03 16:01:01

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