ColorMania 15.0

Working with ColorMania

The picture below shows you what a typical ColorMania screen looks like.
ColorMania Layout

The ColorMania program area can be divided into 6 different areas.
ColorMania areas

1. The Color Identification area

The left top corner of the screen shows you the selected color. First you have a square in the actual color and underneath the colorcode in the selected format.

For more info about this section read the page about Color Display.

2. The RGB and HSV Sliders

These sliders allow you to modify the selected color by changing the RGB or HSV values in detail. The absolute values are also displayed in the editbox to the left. This editbox can also be used to enter specific values.

For more info about this section read the page about RGB and HSV sliders.

3. The Color Palette

ColorMania allows the user to create palettes, containing up to 16 colors each. These palettes can be saved to disk. This way you can save your colors for later use.

For more info about this section read the page about the Color Palette.

4. The HTML Colors

This section allows you to pick one of the predefined HTML colors.

For more info about this section read the page about HTML Colors.

5. The Color Spaces

ColorMania also has a color wheel in the top right corner. Clicking anywhere on this color wheel will also make the chosen color active.

For more info about this section read the page about the Color Spaces.

6. The Screen Magnifier (with Color Grabber)

With the Color Grabber you can grab the color from any pixel of your screen. To make the selection of the right pixel easier there's a magnified view of the area around the cursor and the cursor coordinates are also shown.

For more info about this section read the page about the Screen Magnifier with Color Grabber.