# Pick Colors from Any Image

> In Chromium browsers, the EyeDropper API lets this tool sample a pixel from any window or monitor on screen — not just an uploaded image. You get HEX, RGB, RGBA, HSL, HSLA, and CMYK back for whatever you click. Sampling happens locally; nothing is uploaded.


Live tool: https://lofttools.com/tools/image-tools/color-picker

Category: Image Tools

## How it works

1. **Select image or use picker** — Select an image to sample colors from, or use the color wheel picker
2. **Pick color** — Click anywhere on the image or color wheel to select a color
3. **Copy color code** — Copy the color value in HEX, RGB, HSL, or CMYK format

## FAQ

### What color formats are supported?

HEX, RGB, RGBA, HSL, HSLA, CMYK, and named CSS colors.

### Does this preserve EXIF metadata?

The picker only samples colours from the source image; nothing is written, so EXIF and other metadata stay exactly where they were.

### What image formats are supported?

PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, and BMP are supported. SVG support varies by tool.

## Tips

- **Eyedropper reads any pixel on screen** — In supported browsers the picker can sample colours from any window or monitor, not just an uploaded image.
- **Copy in the format you need** — HEX, RGB, RGBA, HSL, HSLA, and CMYK each have their own copy button so you can paste straight into CSS, Figma, or print specs.
- **Sampled images stay in the tab** — The picker only reads pixels — nothing is written or uploaded, so source photos and their EXIF are left alone.

## Privacy — what we do not do

This tool runs entirely in the browser via WebAssembly. Your file never reaches a Loft Tools server. Specifically:

- **No upload.** The file bytes load into the browser tab's memory and process on your own CPU. Open DevTools → Network and observe zero outbound requests carrying file data while Pick Colors from Any Image runs.
- **No AI training on your file.** Loft does not train models. We could not train on a file we cannot see.
- **No content scanning.** No virus, copyright, or content-moderation pass against your file. The bytes are not accessible to us.
- **No server-side log of file contents, filenames, or EXIF metadata.** Cloudflare edge captures URL and truncated IP for abuse defense (standard CDN behaviour). Cloudflare Web Analytics records anonymous page hits, no cookies, no PII. Nothing about your file content reaches any log.
- **No retention.** Close the tab and the file leaves browser memory. No backups exist on our side because no copy ever existed on our side.
- **No account.** No email, no signup, no auth, no telemetry tied to you.
- **Offline-capable after first visit** (PWA). Once you've loaded a tool, it caches; later sessions work without internet. For high-sensitivity files, run the tool once online to warm the cache, then disconnect before processing.

Compare with upload-based services: each transmits your file to a processing server. Even over HTTPS, each has logs, retention windows, and subpoena exposure. Loft has none of these because the server architecture does not include your file.

## More

- All tools: https://lofttools.com/tools
- Category: https://lofttools.com/tools/image-tools
- LLM index: https://lofttools.com/llms.txt