Roy

Roy

A simple & delightful color picker for designers

5.0
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5 followers

a simple & delightful color picker for designers that lives in your menu bar
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Seth Williams
Love this, but for some reason when I go to select a color in an app window, it only displays and pulls colors from my desktop background. I can't get it to actually find colors from the current window I'm in. Any idea why?
Clark Dinnison
@sethbwilliams hmm haven’t seen that one. What macOS version are you on?
anewspace
@sethbwilliams @clark_dinnison This happens when an application hasn't been granted screen recording permission in macOS privacy settings
Clark Dinnison
@sethbwilliams @clark_dinnison @anewspace good call, thanks. The app should direct you to security settings when you pick a color for the first time — but can be updated in Security & Privacy settings under Screen Recording permissions
Justin Scheetz
LOVE THE SIMPLICITY. One request: Let me set a keyboard shortcut to activate and this will be the absolute perfect color picker. I'd be happy to send $$$ your way to get it done! 😉
Clark Dinnison
@justinscheetz actually that’s on my ToDo! Totally agree.
Ceren Murgan
Green value is always 1 more than what it is supposed to be.
Clark Dinnison
@cokiyiya interesting, thanks I’ll look into that
Rob Chapman
I second the call for keyboard shortcut and Windows! And I am intrigued why you felt the need to build a brand around the name Roy. Storytime?
Clark Dinnison
@rob_chap It's my grandfather's name and always thought it'd make for a cool brand name. It lined up nicely with the ROY G BIV color picker vibe.
Clark Dinnison
✨Why I built Roy, the world's smallest color picker (claim still being verified): • I thought existing color picker tools were too feature-heavy (palettes, color profiles, etc). I just wanted to quickly snag a HEX value and paste it into Figma • I didn't want to open a new app every time I needed to pick a color. A simple, "always-on" menu bar app was perfect • I wanted to learn Swift and build a macOS app • I needed an excuse to build a brand around the name Roy It was a fun lil project to build. Let me know if you find it useful. Give it a whirl — it's free
Noah Finer
Faster than chrome extensions, better than Mac's digital color meter, needed something just like this!
Clark Dinnison
@finernoah rad, glad you dig it!
Jay Mack
Good job!
Clark Dinnison
@w0rdism thanks jay
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