Get the color a pixel on the screen in objective-c cocoa app

Question

I am trying to create a color picker cocoa app in objective-c so I can get the color of any pixel on my screen. Is there a way to get the color a certain screen pixel in obj

Answer 1

Try NSReadPixel. You'll need to get the current mouse location and convert it to the appropriate coordinate reference frame. Once you have the color, you might need to convert it to a different color space, depending on your needs.