# The picker > The magnifier, and what you can do while it's open. Source: https://dabbit.app/docs/picker Press ⌥⌘C and a magnifier follows the cursor. It shows the pixels under it enlarged, a crosshair on the one you'll get, and the color's value in your default format. Click to take it. ![The loupe: the pixels under the cursor enlarged with a grid, a crosshair on the one you'll get, and the value in the default format](https://dabbit.app/_astro/loupe@fill.DthJc-OZ.png) ## Exact pixels Dabbit reads the pixel from the screen buffer, through the display's color profile, so what you copy is the value the app underneath actually drew. `#ff0000` in a web page picks as `#ff0000` on a P3 MacBook display, not the slightly different number a screenshot would give you. How that works, and when you'd want to change it, is in [Color management](https://dabbit.app/docs/color-management). ## Zoom, aperture, freeze - **Zoom** with ⌥-scroll or = / −, from 2× to 16×. The default is 6×; set it in Settings → Picker. - **Aperture**: press 1 for one exact pixel, or 3, 5, 7 to average a small square. Averaging is for noisy things like photos and gradients, where one pixel is arbitrary. - **Freeze** with Space. The loupe stops following the screen, so you can pick from something that disappears when the mouse moves: a hover state, a tooltip, a menu. - **Nudge** with the arrow keys, one pixel at a time (ten with ⇧), when the exact pixel matters more than a steady hand. - **Grid** with G, to see pixel boundaries at high zoom. - **Loupe size** with a pinch on the trackpad or ⌘-scroll, or Settings → Picker → Picker size. ![Settings → Picker: engine, picker size, zoom, aperture, pixel grid, palette names](https://dabbit.app/_astro/settings-picker.BFj8NhC9.png) Plain scrolling isn't captured. It scrolls whatever is under the cursor, so you can pick from further down a page without closing the picker. ## Picking several ⇧-click (or ⌘C) takes the color and keeps the picker open. Each one is copied and added to Recent picks; the last one stays on the clipboard. Esc when you're done. ## Names instead of values If you keep your project's colors as Dabbit palettes, the picker can tell you which one you're looking at. Turn on **Name colors from my palettes** in Settings → Picker and the loupe shows the matching name (say `blue-500`) when a picked pixel is in one of your palettes. ⌥-click copies that name instead of the value. **Copy the name as** chooses the shape: plain name, `var(--blue-500)`, `$blue-500`, or `bg-blue-500`. ## What happens after a pick By default the color is copied to the clipboard in your default format, added to Recent picks, a small confirmation appears, and a sound plays. Each of those is a switch in Settings → General (eight sound packs to choose from, or none). See [Formats](https://dabbit.app/docs/formats) for what gets copied and [Library](https://dabbit.app/docs/library) for where picks go. ## Apple's sampler If you don't want to grant Screen Recording, choose **Apple's sampler** in Settings → Picker. Dabbit then uses the system eyedropper, which needs no permission. You lose the loupe, zoom, aperture, freeze and naming, but the color still lands in your formats and history.