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<p>Color Cop is a lightweight, precise, and fast color picker for Windows. Whether you're a professional designer or a hobbyist working on graphics, websites, or UI mockups, Color Cop gives you accurate color sampling and flexible output formats in a compact, no‑nonsense tool. Explore the full feature set below:</p>

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<li><b>Eyedropper — Pick any color on your screen</b><br />
Click and drag the eyedropper anywhere to sample a color. Choose between single‑pixel sampling or 3×3 / 5×5 average sampling for smoother results.</li>

<li><b>Magnifier — Zoom in for pixel‑perfect accuracy</b><br />
Magnify any area of the screen to inspect and select colors with precision. Adjust zoom levels using the plus/minus buttons before or after magnifying.</li>

<li><b>Auto‑copy to clipboard — Faster workflow</b><br />
When enabled, Color Cop automatically copies the selected color value to your clipboard in your chosen format.</li>

<li><b>Multiple output formats — Ready for any workflow</b><br />
HTML Hex, Delphi Hex, PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, Clarion, Visual C++, RGB Float, RGB Int</li>

<li><b>Color options — Helpful transformations</b><br />
Snap to WebSafe, Detect WebSafe, Reverse, Random, Convert to Grayscale</li>

<li><b>Relative position measuring — On‑screen distance tool</b><br />
Hold <b>Ctrl</b> while dragging the eyedropper to set the origin to (0,0). Moving the mouse shows coordinates relative to that point—useful for layout and spacing checks.</li>

<li><b>Color History — Quickly revisit recent picks</b><br />
Your last 7 sampled colors are stored for easy access. Click any swatch to reselect it. Right‑click while eyedropping to push a color into history.</li>

<li><b>Complementary color palette — Instant color suggestions</b><br />
Color Cop generates a 42‑color complementary palette on the fly based on your current selection.</li>

<li><b>System tray support — Stays out of your way</b><br />
Minimize Color Cop to the system tray for quick access without cluttering your taskbar.</li>

<li><b>Mouse wheel support — Fine‑tuned control</b><br />
Use the mouse wheel to adjust magnification while zoomed in. When focused on the Red, Green, or Blue fields, the wheel increments or decrements values by 1 (Shift for ±2, Ctrl for ±5).</li>

<li><b>BMP to clipboard — Capture the magnified view</b><br />
Double‑click inside the magnifier window to copy the current zoomed bitmap to your clipboard.</li>

<li><b>Portable mode — Keep settings with the executable</b><br />
Launch Color Cop with the <code>-portable</code> switch to store configuration files alongside the executable instead of in LocalAppData. Ideal for USB drives, VMs, and portable toolkits.</li>

<li><b>Dark mode — Match Windows or choose your theme</b><br />
Color Cop supports system, light, and dark themes. When set to <i>System</i>, the UI automatically follows your Windows theme; you can also force Light or Dark mode from the Options menu.
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<li><b>Other minor features</b><br />
• RGB Float mode with adjustable precision (Alt+[ / Alt+])<br />
• Optional standard Windows crosshair cursor<br />
• Option to omit # or $ from hex codes<br />
• Uppercase or lowercase hex output<br />
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