Visual Color Picker is one of the most handy little utilities around (and it’s free!). It’s basically a stand alone, all purpose color picker for Windows. It’s got all the little sliders and swatches you’d expect in a color picker. [...] Both HTML and RGB color codes for your selected color are displayed in the main window, ready for cut and paste. [...] There’s also a handy Color Preview window that allows you to see how different colors look together. [...] By far the most useful feature of all is the Screen Area Capture. This is similar to the eye dropper tool in Photoshop, but you can grab a color from anywhere on your screen! [...] Simple, handy, just works, and it’s free!