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ColorZilla Chrome Extension Analysis

Developer & Designer Tools

Chrome extension ID: bhlhnicpbhignbdhedgjhgdocnmhomnp

ColorZilla is a browser extension that provides an advanced eyedropper, color picker, and gradient generator. It allows users to extract colors from any pixel on a webpage and manage color palettes.

Developer:colorzilla.com
Version:4.1
Size:410KiB
Last updated:

Overview

Installs

4.0M+

Rating

4.6

3,943 reviews

Languages

23 locales

Includes Deutsch, English, English (United Kingdom), Indonesia...

Market analysis

Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.

Backed by review samples

Macro category

Developer & Designer Tools

Pricing friction

Low review signal

Complaint intensity

Moderate review signal

Listing & review signals
Observed signals from store listing text and review samples.

Listing positioning

ColorZilla positions itself as a full-featured, reliable, and secure color utility suite for developers. It emphasizes advanced capabilities like CSS gradient generation and webpage color analysis.

Inferred product pattern

A highly popular, high-utility developer tool facing challenges with modern performance standards and user trust regarding privacy permissions.

Review-backed pain points

Users report browser sluggishness, startup delays, and occasional freezes. There is also significant user anxiety regarding the extension's permission to access all website data.

Observed feature gaps

Lack of HSV/HSL/CMYK mouseover preview and no option to automatically open the color panel when a color is selected.

Tags
Color PickerEyedropper ToolCSS GradientWeb Design
Target users

- Web Developers

- UI/UX Designers

- Graphic Designers

Primary use cases

- Extracting specific hex codes from websites

- Generating CSS gradients

- Analyzing webpage color schemes

Positive themes

- High precision in color sampling

- Versatile sampling sizes

- Effective color palette analysis

Negative themes

- Browser performance degradation

- Privacy concerns regarding permissions

- Outdated user interface

Observed friction

- Performance complaints detected

- Privacy complaints detected

- No pricing friction observed in the available data.

Evidence boundary: Analysis based on the official store listing and a sample of user reviews highlighting utility, performance, and privacy concerns. Review samples include extreme outlier claims regarding malware and varying levels of technical detail.
Complaint summaries
Review-backed complaint signals grouped by operational area.

Support

No specific support or refund complaints were identified in the review samples.

Reliability

Users have reported browser lag, freezing during file downloads, and the extension occasionally interacting with page elements instead of picking colors.

Privacy

Several users expressed strong distrust regarding the extension's broad data access permissions, with some incorrectly labeling it as malware.

Access & pricing

- No clear monetization signal

- No account requirement observed

- No clear pricing signal

Store listing facts

Listing assets

- Screenshots: 5

- Videos: 0

- Languages: 23

Trust signals

- Privacy policy

- Developer contact

- Official website

- Support link

Store metadata

- Version: 4.1

- Size: 410KiB

- Last updated:

Listing SEO keywords

Search intent keywords
Keyword signals for evaluating how users may discover, compare, or search for this extension category.

Core discovery

color picker extensioneyedropper toolcss gradient generatorwebpage color analyzer

Comparison

Photoshop color pickercolor picker alternatives

Problem

browser sluggishnesscolor picker not workingprivacy permissions

Alternative

eyedroppercolor palette generator

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Screenshots

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