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Colorblind Assistant is a small software application whose purpose is to help you grab colors from your mouse pointer and get information about the RGB values, hexadecimal color code, as well as brightness and saturation details.

Minimalist design

You only need to follow the preset steps included in an installation process in order to gain access to the program’s GUI. The layout looks easy to decode so you are not going to spend a lot time wondering where to get started.All configuration settings are implemented in a small panel. A help manual cannot be found in the package. However, you can learn to set up the dedicated parameters on your own.

Grab colors from your screen on the fly

Colorblind Assistant makes it really easy for you to pick colors from your desktop. You simply need to move the mouse cursor to the preferred screen position, and the tool shows color details in real time directly in the main window.What’s more, it comes with support for a magnifier window where you can preview pixel data. You are given the possibility to check out RGB info and HEX color code, as well as keep an eye on the built-in bars for analyzing the RGB, brightness, and saturation values.Other important options worth being mentioned enable you to keep the main window on top of other panels, minimize the tool to the system tray, and enable the ‘Shift’ key in order to activate the color grabbing mode.Tests have pointed out that Colorblind Assistant carries out tasks quickly and without errors. It remains light on system resources so the overall performance of the computer is not hampered. You may keep it running in the background.

Final remarks

To sum things up, Colorblind Assistant provides a simple software solution for helping you get information about colors from the mouse pointer, and can be configured by rookies and professionals alike.