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farge

screen color picker for X11 and Wayland

TLDR

Display preview and copy hexadecimal value

$ farge
copy
Copy hex value without preview
$ farge --no-preview
copy
Output hex value to stdout
$ farge --stdout
copy
Output RGB value to stdout
$ farge --rgb --stdout
copy
Display as notification with expiry time
$ farge --notify --expire-time [5000]
copy

SYNOPSIS

farge [options]

DESCRIPTION

farge picks and displays the color of a specific pixel on the screen. It can output colors in hexadecimal or RGB format and copies the value to the clipboard.
Useful for designers and developers to quickly sample colors from anywhere on screen.

PARAMETERS

--no-preview

Don't show preview window
--stdout
Output to stdout
--rgb
Output as RGB format
--notify
Show as notification
--expire-time ms
Notification expiry time in milliseconds

CAVEATS

Requires clipboard and notification tools. Works on X11 and Wayland with appropriate backends.

SEE ALSO

xcolor(1), gpick(1)

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> TERMINAL_GEAR

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