There’s not much in the code above for a color picker (just <input type="color"> with a “name” attribute and an “onchange” event to make things a little more interesting).

This charming behind-the-scenes story reveals how Apple’s whimsical crayon color picker was born from one engineer’s creative impulse—and how hiding poetry in the code nearly ended his career.

Visual Studio Code v1.78 (April 2023 update) is out with a host of minor improvements, including two that involve colors.

Windows 11 gets a new color picker tool, which makes identifying HEX, RGB, and HSL codes simple. Trigger the Snipping Tool with Win + Shift + S and click on the dropper icon.