Portable SE-ColorMaker

Made as the portable counterpart of SE-ColorMaker, Portable SE-ColorMaker is an advanced color picker that comes to the aid of experienced users, such as web designers or graphic artists. It features numerous color views and options for editing colors, in addition to a palette editor.

Needs .NET Framework to work properly

The entire tool's packed in two files that can be saved anywhere on the disk or copied to a removable storage unit to directly run the app on any PC without setup. It doesn't add new entries to the system registry but auto-creates and updates a file to remember your settings on exit. Moreover, it depends on .NET Framework, so you should make sure to have this platform installed.

Compact color picker for casual usage

By default, the application gets launched in compact mode, which permits casual users to seamlessly choose a color from the spectrum and view its alpha, red, green and blue channels.
It initially loads the HSV picker and enables you to switch to a Photoshop picker, hexadecimal mode to identify the ARGB channels of a web code, HTML-named colors, system colors, and 4-bit console mode.

Advanced layout for seasoned PC users

After dropping the compact view for advanced interface mode, the software application reveals a larger window split into multiple tabs for the color editor and picker, existing palettes, palette editor, and current palette.
In color editor mode you can explore the color spectrum and locate the ARGB channels of a color, along with its hex code, hue, saturation and luminance levels. A list of favorite colors can be created on the bottom part of the screen.
Meanwhile, the color picker gives you the possibility to select and capture any color from the visible desktop after taking a screenshot. There are numerous existing palettes available, and they can be sorted by name or hue, as well as filtered. The current palette can be edited by adding colors, editing their properties, or removing entries from the list.

Evaluation and conclusion

The app had minimal impact on the computer's performance in our tests and remained stable throughout its runtime, without hanging, crashing or prompting errors. Thanks to its wide range of versatile settings, Portable SE-ColorMaker should meet the requirements of seasoned users looking to collect, manage and apply color palettes to their various projects.