PowerToys Color Picker needs color wheel/matrix to choose from

[gmalone]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

No offense, but the author of this plugin (color picker) must not do graphics work. If he/she had, there'd be a color picker wheel or matrix presented, not just an eye dropper which makes the ill-informed assumption that users will only want colors that already exist on the screen.

Please, bring this up to snuff. Include a full color picking capability, not just an eye dropper.

Many thanks. And despite the mild criticism, thanks for making this tool!

Scenario when this would be used?

When doing graphics related work, or needing to set a color value in any kind of settings.

Supporting information

No response

[crutkas]

@gmalone I'd be careful on making assumptions as the person who did the UX and helped write it is an actual UX designer

if you click on the color in the editor, it pulls up basically what you're asking for.

Does that solve what you're asking for /needinfo

[crutkas]

or are you looking for something ala https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/12168

[gmalone]

Yes, that general idea. Here are a few variants on the same concept. Think: Photoshop color picker, for example

The key idea being, a color picker that doesn't (necessarily) use an eyedropper to get colors off the display. Eyedropper is good. But the ability to skip that and pick straight from a color wheel/matrix is essential.

Thanks.

[gmalone]

Yeah, I saw that, of course. But it's an unconventional workflow and UI. With a color wheel/matrix (see images in other reply) you go directly to picking a color. The existing way is a different workflow. Thanks.

[e-t-l]

It seems like you might be looking for a different program, like a dedicated colorwheel, either as a standalone app or as part of an editor like photoshop (or MS paint, which has what you're asking for as well).

The purpose of PowerToys Color Picker is to identify a color that's on the screen. What you're asking for seems out-of-scope.