Jim Campbell
jwcampbell@gmail.com
Pick a color from a dialog and insert its hexadecimal representation.
sampo555
sampo_75 [at] windowslive [dot] com 2012.
Valto Wirkola
valto [dot] wirkola [at] yahoo [dot] com 2008, 2010
Tommi Vainikainen
thv [at] iki [dot] fi 2006.

# Color Picker

The Color Picker plugin helps you to insert the character codes that represent a certain color. This can make it easier to choose and use the correct color in your programs.

# To enable the plugin:

Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select Preferences Plugins.

Select Color Picker to enable the plugin.

# To open and use the color picker:

Place your cursor at the point in your document where you want to insert the color code.

Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select Tools Pick Color….

Click on the desired color in the color picker window.

The appropriate color code will be inserted where you had placed your cursor.

To close the color picker, click Cancel.

You can make fine-grained adjustments to the color and adjust the values for Hue, Saturation, Value, Red, Green, or Blue by right clicking on a color and selecting Customize.