Shortcut to open color picker on a mac

The Mac color picker is nice but there's no easy way to open it if you aren't in a Mac app. Here's how I do it.

Create an Application with Script Editor that opens Color Picker

• Open "Script Editor" (/Applications/Utilities/Script Editor)
• Type "choose color"
• Save it as an application (File -> Save, and set the File Format pop-up to Application)

Create a service with Automator

• Open "Automator" (/Applications/Automator)
• Cilck the "Quick Action" link
• In the "Workflow receives current" drop-down menu, select "no input".
• On the left is a list of Actions. Scroll down to Launch Application. Drag the Launch Application action into the workflow area on the right.
• Choose the application that you made.
• Open the File menu and choose Save.

Create a keyboard shortcut for the Service

• Open up the Mac keyboard preferences and click on the "Shortcuts" tab.
• Click on Services
• Scroll down to General and you'll see your new service there where you can assign the keyboard shortcut

Thanks

This article was inspired by http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060408050920158 and https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch002051.htm .