# ColorZilla

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**ColorZilla** is a [Google Chrome](/source/Google_Chrome) and [Mozilla](/source/Mozilla) [extension](/source/Add-on_(Mozilla)) that assists [web developers](/source/Web_developer) and [graphic designers](/source/Graphic_designer) with [color](/source/Color) related and other tasks.

ColorZilla allows getting a color reading from any point in the browser, quickly adjusting this color and pasting it into another program, such as [Photoshop](/source/Adobe_Photoshop).

The extension allows zooming Web pages and measuring distances between any two points on the page. The built-in palette browser allows choosing colors from pre-defined color sets and saving the most used colors in custom palettes. [DOM](/source/Document_Object_Model) spying features allow getting various information about DOM elements.

## Features

- Multiplatform - [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows), [Linux](/source/Linux), and [Mac OS X](/source/Mac_OS_X)
- [Eyedropper](/source/Pasteur_pipette)
- [Color picker](/source/Color_tool)
- Page zooming
- Palette viewer and editor ([GIMP](/source/GIMP) compatible)
- History and Favorites palette
- Page Pan
- Displays element information (tag name, class, id, size)
- Outline [DOM](/source/Document_Object_Model) elements
- [RGB](/source/RGB_color_model), [HSV](/source/HSL_and_HSV), and [HTML colors](/source/Web_colors) support
- Auto copy
- Launch [DOM Inspector](/source/DOM_Inspector)
- Distance measurements

## See also

- [Firefox](/source/Firefox)
- [Color tool](/source/Color_tool)

## References

- Yeow, Cheah (2005). [*Firefox Secrets*](https://archive.org/details/firefoxsecrets0000chea/page/251). City: [SitePoint](/source/SitePoint). pp. [251–255](https://archive.org/details/firefoxsecrets0000chea/page/251). ISBN 0-9752402-4-2.
- Reyes, Mel (2005). [*Hacking Firefox*](https://archive.org/details/hackingfirefoxmo0000reye). New York: Wiley. ISBN 0-7645-9650-0.
- [New edition of Firefox a sham; build a better browser yourself](https://web.archive.org/web/20110927003100/http://www.dailyorange.com/2.8656/new-edition-of-firefox-a-sham-build-a-better-browser-yourself-1.1232911), [The Daily Orange](/source/The_Daily_Orange), September 5, 2007

## External links

- [Official Website](http://www.colorzilla.com/)
- [ColorZilla at Mozilla Add-ons](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/colorzilla/)
- [Best Google Chrome Extensions](https://web.archive.org/web/20190301220224/https://gadgetraja.com/best-google-chrome-extensions/)

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