ColorMania 15.0

Release History

Version 15.0 March 2026

• AI refactoring
• Memory issue fixed (sorting Colors)
• Memory Leak fixed (Average colors)
• Improved file reading from Internet
• Sort colors speed improved
• Better keypress detection
• Performance improvement Gradient creation
• Label Captions improved
• Fixed bug with Saturation value = 0 and refresh of scrollbar colors
• Added Color sort on similarity
• 42 named colors added
• Palette buttons and display changed

Version 14.0 July 2024

• Named color list expanded (100+ colors added)
• Hint on color dropdown fixed
• Color Name added on Palette hint
• Color Code follows selected Name added on Palette hint
• RGB565 Code included in Color Code displays
• Alpha Channel behavior slightly changed

Version 12.1 November 2020

• Option added to copy color code after grabbing
• Fixed bug in refresh Colorwheel
• Fixed refresh after dpi change
• Default hints in palette removed

Version 12.0 June 2020

• Palette expanded to 16 colors
• Icon buttons modified
• High DPI issues fixed
• Font size issues fixed
• Performance strongly improved of color averaging
• Undo/redo handling improved
• Brightness slider from older version restored (switch between brightness/alpha)
• New shortcuts added for different layouts
• Check new version on startup added

Version 11.0 May 2020

• Brightness replaced by Alpha Channel
• Android Transparent Format added
• CSS RGBA Format added
• Large Display Size checkbox initialization fixed
• Minor tweaks

Version 10.1 March 2019

• Set text color to black/white/inverted color/contrast color features added
• Better Color palette handling
• Better responsiveness for color changes

Version 10.0 November 2018

• Color Dropdown restored to old version but improved
• Expanded Color List added (1400+ named colors)
• UI improved for High Contrast view
• Color Palettes expanded to 12 slots
• Switch between HTML colors and full Named color list
• New dropdown menu: Sort Color List by Hue, Saturation, Value, R, G, B or Name
• Color updating procedures optimized (less CPU usage)
• New digital signature

Version 6.3 April 2017

• Option added to display color codes in uppercase/lowercase

Version 6.2 February 2017

• Added extra Settings button
• Added extra setting: Stay in System Tray
• Small UI tweaks

Version 6.1 February 2017

• ColorMania stays active in system tray after screen is closed
• Left click on icon can show/hide program
• Popup menu items disabled when extra screens active
• Extra menu item to allow automatic run on startup

Version 6.0 February 2017

• Problem with Large Text fixed
• VB Hex color in uppercase
• HTML Colors combobox changed
• Small UI changes
• Command line parameter support (HTML Hex Color code)

Version 5.1 November 2014

• Stayontop issue fixed
• Powerbuilder color format added

Version 5.0 April 2014

• Color Averaging added (pixel, 3x3 or 5x5)
• Small UI changes
• Icon changed
• Location of settings changed
• Portable version added
• Tray icon added for easier access to options
• Palette name displayed

Version 4.1 November 2013

• Mousewheel support for scrollbars
• UI Font updated
• Undo/Redo buttons added
• Right-click option added to find closest HTML Color

Version 4.0 March 2013

• Upgrade to new development environment
• Display Style Combo improved
• HTML Color Combo improved
• Small layout changes

Version 3.3 November 2012

• Blank startup color after install fixed
• Popup menu standardized
• Form position on dual screen setup fixed
• Small layout changes

Version 3.2 August 2011

• Palette colors automatically saved (fixed: was broken in previous release)
• Small layout changes

Version 3.1 July 2011

• HSL color space added
• CMYK Calculation fixed

Version 3.0 August 2009

• Accepts Enter key when manually entering a color code
• New undo/redo functionality (10 levels deep)

Version 2.7 November 2008

• Faster refresh on screen magnifier
• Better handling of color wheel drawing

Version 2.6 January 2008

• Screen coordinates added for Color Picker
• New shortcuts to set or reset coordinates (Ctrl+Alt+C and Ctrl+Alt+X)
• Photoshop (Adobe) color format added to display mode

Version 2.5 April 2007

• Color Wheel improvement (rotated and inversed)
• Websafe Colors renamed to HTML Colors
• Help file added

Version 2.4 October 2005

• Color code shown when mouse moves over palette
• Menu item added (Copy color code) to popup of palette colors
• Small interface improvements

Version 2.3 June 2005

• Websafe Colors added
• Ability to manually add color codes in all formats added (Set button)
• Small interface improvements
• Removed Matching Colors
• CMYK bug fixed

Version 2.2 August 2004

• Misc enhancements

Version 2.1 May 2004

• XP Theme Support included
• HSV diagram included
• Color selection from magnifier by clicking on magnified picture

Version 2.0 December 2003

• HSV (HSB) values and scrollbars included
• More display formats supported
• Matching colors added
• Crosshair added to magnifier window
• Layout improved

Version 1.1 July 2003

• RGB display improved with color bars

Version 1.0 November 2002

• Initial release