Pixel Tracker

Pixel Tracker is a small software application developed specifically for helping you magnify certain parts of your desktop in order to make it easier for you to capture specific colors. In addition, it is able to reveal the RGB and HEX color values.

Portable running mode

The utility is portable and can be stored on pen drives or other portable devices so you can carry it with you all the time. Plus, you may open it without having to possess administrative privileges straight from the storage device. It’s easy to access the tool’s interface because you do not have to go through an installation process. You may simply run the executable file.
No entries are left in your Windows registry and no extra configuration files are created on the host computer. You may uninstall it by deleting the files that you have downloaded from the Internet.

Simplistic looks

Pixel Tracker sports a plain design that has only a few configuration settings to offer. You cannot appeal to a help manual to read more about the tool’s functions, but you can decode them on your own because they look easy to work with.

Pick colors from your screen

The application offers you the possibility to view a magnified region of your desktop directly in the main window. You can quickly capture a specific color and view the corresponding RGB and HEX values. The information can be copied to the clipboard so you can paste it into other third-party tools.
What’s more, you can check out details about the current mouse coordinates and set the preferred zoom level by moving the built-in slider. Tests have pointed out that Pixel Tracker eats up from a low up to a moderate amount of CPU and memory resources. On the downside, it has not been updated for a long time so it may cause compatibility issues on newer operating systems like Windows 10 and 8.

Final remarks

To sum things up, Pixel Tracker comes packed with basic features for helping you pick colors from your desktop. It needs several enhancements until it can be called a reliable app.