Is ColorPick Eyedropper Safe? — Extension Safety Profile

This extension requests permissions including activeTab, tabs, scripting, storage, and clipboardWrite. These allow it to sample colors from the currently active page when you click its icon, save color palettes locally, and copy color codes to your clipboard. For a color picker, this access is expected: it needs to see the page’s visual content to extract colors, but activeTab limits that access to user-initiated actions, not background monitoring.

Color picker and eyedropper tools are a relatively low‑risk category, but any extension that can read page content and inject scripts should come from a trusted source. A careful user should confirm they are installing the genuine item and be cautious of imitations that might request broader host permissions. Clipboard write access is typical for copying color values and does not let the extension read your clipboard.

The fact sheet shows the strongest dimension is Data & Privacy, where the developer has declared clear data-handling commitments (data not sold, not used for unrelated purposes). The weakest is Publisher & Identity, which likely reflects a smaller, less publicly documented publisher website. While this suggests less corporate accountability, the extension’s overall safety grade of A indicates the permission footprint and privacy stance are solid for everyday use.