what-the-hex

Desktop color picker using Xlib.

Dependencies

• X11
• xsel

Install xsel:

$ sudo apt-get install xsel

Build and install

Build the application using following command:

$ make

The application is built into the bin directory. You can install it to run globally using following command:

$ sudo make install

Run

Once installed, you can the run the application with following command:

$ what-the-hex

Click anywhere on screen to pick a color. The hex value will be copied to the clipboard.