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Screen Color Picker is a lightweight utility extension built to make color capture fast, simple, and practical. Its main purpose is to let you pick a color from anywhere visible on your screen and immediately use that color in common formats. From the extension package, the workflow is centered on a compact popup that launches the browser’s EyeDropper tool, then displays the selected color as HEX, RGB, and HSL. This makes the extension useful for designers refining palettes, developers working with styles, creators matching visual elements, and anyone who needs to identify an exact color they can reuse elsewhere.

The interface is designed for clarity and quick interaction. A prominent Pick Color button starts the selection process. After you choose a color, the popup updates a visual swatch so you can confirm the result at a glance. At the same time, the extension fills separate read-only fields with the color’s HEX, RGB, and HSL values. Each of these formats includes its own copy button, allowing you to place the exact value on the clipboard with a single click. This removes the need to manually select text or convert values on your own, which is especially convenient when moving between webpages, design tools, style sheets, notes, or other visual workflows.

Another useful part of the extension is its built-in local color history. Every time you pick a color, it is saved and shown in the popup as a set of clickable swatches. Clicking one of these stored colors restores it to the preview and value fields, making it easy to revisit recent selections without having to sample the screen again. The history is managed in a simple and organized way: recent colors are kept locally, repeated selections do not create unnecessary duplicate entries, and a repeated color is moved forward rather than added again. A clear history option is also included, giving you an easy way to reset your saved palette whenever you want to start fresh.

The package also shows thoughtful browser compatibility behavior. If the EyeDropper API is not available, the extension does not leave the user guessing. Instead, it disables the color-picking action and displays a notice explaining that the browser does not support the feature and may need an update. This keeps the experience straightforward and avoids confusion when the main screen-picking function cannot be used. Overall, Screen Color Picker focuses on one job and delivers a clean workflow for selecting, previewing, copying, and revisiting colors without unnecessary complexity.

Key Features:
- Pick any visible on-screen color using the browser’s EyeDropper API.
- View the selected color instantly in a dedicated preview swatch.
- Get automatic color values in HEX, RGB, and HSL formats.
- Copy each format with its own one-click clipboard button.
- Save recent picks locally in a clickable color history.
- Avoid duplicate clutter with history that keeps repeated colors organized.
- Clear all saved history at any time to reset your recent palette.

How It Works:
1. Open the extension popup from your browser toolbar.
2. Click the Pick Color button to launch the screen color selection tool.
3. Use the browser’s EyeDropper feature to choose a color from visible screen content.
4. Review the updated swatch preview and the generated HEX, RGB, and HSL values.
5. Click a copy button to send your preferred color format to the clipboard.
6. Reopen any previously saved color by selecting it from the history swatches.
7. Clear the stored history whenever you want to remove saved colors and begin again.

Privacy: - This extension stores color history locally using browser storage and uses clipboard access when you choose to copy a color value. The package does not show any network communication, remote data transmission, account handling, analytics collection, or external service integration.