Introduction

Currently on the web, creative application developers are unable to implement an eyedropper, a tool that allows users to select a color from the pixels on their screen, including the pixels rendered outside of the web page requesting the color data. This explainer proposes an API that enables developers to use a browser-supplied eyedropper in the construction of custom color pickers.

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Feedback

I welcome feedback in this thread, but encourage you to file bugs against the Explainer.