Colorzilla Firefox Extension
March 6, 2009
Colorzilla Firefox Add-on is a lot more than a simple eye dropper and color picker, it can be a valuable tool when researching and designing web site color schemes.
Colorzilla delivers the exact HEX or RGB color values of any web page element also Colorzilla can extract all color information from a given page.
Some of the features of Colorzilla:
- DOM Color Analysis
- Color Palette Extractor
- CSS HTML Color Information
- Color Picker
- Color Palette
- Favorite Color Palettes Bookmarking
Colorzilla DOM Color Analysis
When Webpage DOM Analyzer is chosen from the menu all colors of a page can be viewed in the bottom section of the screen. For example let’s see all the colors the Firefox website uses:
Color Palette Extractor
As you scroll down you can see all colors of a web page are extracted and listed.
The listed colors can be saved as a Colorzilla palette, they can be bookmarked in web services or permalinked.
Clicking on a color reveals more information about its values and placement.
CSS HTML Color Information
For example you want to find out more about the orange color in the Fierfox logo. Colorzilla provides not only the RGB and HEX color values but the exact location and CSS reference for all colors displayed.
In the case of the Firefox orange:
em (color) selected by .addon .stats em in style.min.css (line 1)
Colorzilla Color Picker
Colorzilla comes with a Photoshop type color picker which provides the option of saving color values to your favorites.
Colorzilla Color Palette
Colorzilla’s Color Palette offers saving, loading, bookmarking your favorite color values.
Save Your Favorite Color Palettes
With Colorzille you can archive and save color palettes to the most popular bookmarking and social media sites.
Colorzilla is a modest looking Firefox Extension but delivers exactly what is expected from it. It is a great addition to any web designer’s toolbox or or anyone who needs color scheme information for web design (or painting their bedroom).
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