What it does
Sip is a macOS colour picker with palette groups, colour notes, contrast checks and application-specific formatting. A purchased licence keeps working after its included update year, and a trial allows 15 individual days of use.
The picker copies each selected colour to the clipboard and adds it to History. Arrow keys move one pixel; holding Shift moves ten. Hold Command to collect several colours or send a value directly to a supported application, including Photoshop, Sketch, Visual Studio Code and Xcode.
Palettes can have names and notes, group colours into sub-palettes and export as Sip Palette, Adobe ASE, Apple CLR, JSON or PDF. Sip Palette files can also be imported back into the app. The contrast checker compares a text/background pair, and its Fix control adjusts the chosen colour.
Smart Formats and Smart Profiles solve different handoff problems. The first selects a colour-text format for each application, such as CSS hex or Swift UIColor. The second switches to a colour profile that you have assigned to that application.
Sip requires macOS Sonoma or later. A single-user licence covers one computer and includes one year of updates; the purchased version remains usable afterward. Extending update access costs 70% of the original purchase price. The full-feature trial needs no credit card, and its 15 days are days of use rather than necessarily consecutive calendar days.
Strengths
- Pixel-step controls, History and direct sending reduce repeated colour entry.
- Palette exports include editable colour collections and a PDF handoff.
Watch out for
- Current versions require macOS Sonoma or later.
- A single-user licence covers one computer, with further updates paid after the first year.
Best for
- Mac designers and developers moving colour values between applications.
Sources
- Home (Oct 28, 2026)
- Picker - Sip (Oct 28, 2026)
- Palettes - Sip (Oct 28, 2026)
- Contrast Checker - Sip (Oct 28, 2026)
- Smart Formats - Sip (Oct 28, 2026)
- Smart Profiles - Sip (Oct 28, 2026)
- Pricing (Oct 28, 2026)
- FAQs (Oct 28, 2026)
- Terms of Service (Oct 28, 2026)