# Eyedropper and copy color

Pick any color on your screen and reuse it in your annotations — or copy it for
anywhere else.

## Using the Eye Dropper

While any annotation tool is active, the tool options color swatch opens the
color selector, which includes an eye dropper. With the dropper open, move
over any pixel — hypershot samples the screen under the cursor and previews
the color live.

- Click to accept the sampled color; it becomes the active annotation color
- The sampler reads a small area around the cursor (not a single pixel), so
  anti-aliased edges pick the color you actually see
- Works on macOS and Windows

## Copying a color

From the color selector you can copy the current color's hex value to the
clipboard — handy for matching a brand color in another app, a design tool,
or CSS. Paste it anywhere that accepts hex codes.

## Tips

- Sample from your own screenshot: if the color lives in an image you have,
  open it in the editor and sample directly from it
- Favorite frequently-sampled colors (see
  [Color Selector](/docs/hypershot/editing/color-selector)) so you don't
  re-pick them every session

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From https://hypernuclear.com/docs/hypershot/editing/eyedropper/