Color Picker for Google Sites
I never planned to build a color picker.
But necessity strikes in unexpected ways.
Ever spent hours hunting down the perfect hex code for a client's brand blue? Or found yourself toggling between tabs just to grab a color from an image? Or worse - installed a sketchy color picker extension that somehow corrupted your entire workflow?
That last one happened to me. And it changed everything.
Whenever I build templates, I'm constantly using a color picker. It's just part of the process: tweaking buttons, backgrounds, borders, fonts, I'm always grabbing hex codes and matching brand colors. So naturally, I used a free Chrome extension for it.
Until things got weird.
One day I was working on a round-themed template in Google Sites, one of the premium ones available inside the extension. Everything looked good⦠until I hit Publish.
π΄ Flagged by Google. Policy violation.
I thought it was a bug with the site. I rebuilt it. Checked images, fonts, layout. Removed widgets. Nothing worked.
Still flagged.
I spent 8 hours trying to pinpoint the cause of the problem. Finally, I disabled all Chrome extensions in my browser, and the site published perfectly. Then, I re-enabled extensions one by one. At first, I was thinking it was AdBlocker, or uBlockOrigin. But surprise, the third-party color picker I'd grabbed from the Chrome store? That was the problem.
It was injecting weird stuff into my browser in the background. Not visible to me, but enough for Google to flag every site I tried to publish. That's what caused the flag. 10 templates got auto-flagged for violation before I figured it out.
That was the last straw.
So yeah, I built color picker. One that's safe, clean, and works perfectly with SitesBuddy.
- β It uses Google's original color picker API
- β Doesn't inject anything weird in the background
- β No chance of getting your Google Site flagged
π§ How It Works
π¨ Always Available in the Header
With SitesBuddy opened, you'll see a color-picker icon in the top bar. Click it, pick your color, and it copies the color to your clipboard.
π Saves Your Recent Colors
It automatically saves your last 30 picked colors, so you never have to remember or re-copy a hex code.
π Also Available in Widgets List
Want to explore palettes or build a color palette before you style Google Sites? Just open the full Color Picker widget from the main list.
π‘ Great For
- π― Designers who want total color control inside Google Sites
- π Speeding up your editing flow with instant access
- π Keeping project colors consistent
- π§ Freelancers who build for clients and care about brand accuracy
- π₯ Anyone who's tired of sketchy Chrome extensions and wants something built for real work
P.S.
I didn't plan to build this. I assumed the Chrome store had it covered. But when it started breaking my Google Sites, I knew I had to make a better version. One built for Google Sites workflows. Now it's part of my daily build routine. Simple. Safe. Reliable. Exactly how it should be.