# Pick a color from anywhere on your Mac screen

The color you need is in a web page, a video frame, a design file you can't open or a screenshot in Slack. With SupaPick it doesn't matter where. Press `⌃⌥C` and the screen freezes, so a moving video or a hover state stays put while you aim. Click the pixel and the color is copied.

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## How to do it with SupaPick

1. The first time you open SupaPick, allow it under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen Recording. macOS asks for this before an app can capture the screen, and SupaPick's loupe works from a capture.
2. Press `⌃⌥C` over the app that shows the color. The screen is frozen at that moment and the loupe appears under your cursor.
3. Aim with the zoom, and use the arrow keys to land on the exact pixel near an edge or inside thin text.
4. Click to copy, or press `Esc` or right-click to leave without picking. Focus goes back to the app you were in.

## With what's built into macOS

Digital Color Meter reads any pixel on screen, but it reads it live. If you are trying to catch a frame of a video, a menu that closes when you move, or a tooltip, the color changes under the pointer while you aim. Its Lock Position command (`⌘L`) helps once you are on the right spot, and the Aperture Size slider averages a small area if you set it larger than one pixel.

The eyedropper in the Colors window also reaches anywhere on screen, but only from inside an app that opens that window, and the color lands in that app.

SupaPick takes one still image when you press the shortcut and picks from that. Nothing moves while you choose, every pick is a single pixel, and the loupe opens over full-screen apps and on each of your displays.

## Questions and answers

**Why does SupaPick need Screen Recording permission?**

macOS asks for it before an app can capture the screen, and SupaPick's loupe works from a capture. SupaPick asks once, during setup. The still image it takes when you press the shortcut stays in memory while the loupe is open; nothing is saved or uploaded.

**I turned the permission on and the shortcut still shows an alert.**

macOS applies Screen Recording only after the app restarts. Quit SupaPick from its menu and open it again.

**Does it work with two displays?**

Yes. The loupe opens on the display under your cursor first, then the other displays join, and you can move between them while you pick.

**Is SupaPick free?**

Partly. Everything is unlocked for 7 days, no account needed. After that the loupe, HEX copy and HEX history stay free for good. Every other format, palettes with export and the contrast panel need a license key, which is $4.99 once for three Macs.

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