gcolor3(1)

gcolor31

A color selection dialog

Usage

gcolor3 [OPTIONS]

Overview

gcolor3 enables you to pick the color from any pixel on your screen. It also offers a palette, so that you can easily mix and match a couple of colors together.

Options

Help Options

-h, --help

Show help options

--help-all

Show all help options

Application Options

-v, --version

Show the application's version

--display=DISPLAY

X display to use

Files

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gcolor3/rgb.ini

Your saved color are stored in this file

Notes

gcolor3 prints the last selected color to stdout in hex format on exit.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 11–13
  2. Arch

--class until Debian 13 (Trixie); --g-fatal-warnings until Debian 13 (Trixie); --gdk-debug until Debian 13 (Trixie); --gdk-no-debug until Debian 13 (Trixie); --gtk-debug until Debian 13 (Trixie); --gtk-module until Debian 13 (Trixie); --gtk-no-debug until Debian 13 (Trixie); --help-gtk until Debian 13 (Trixie); --name until Debian 13 (Trixie).

Bugs

For any bugs or feature requests, please create an issue on GitLab at https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gcolor3/issues

Authors

Jente Hidskes and contributors

From gcolor3 2.4.0-9 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.