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  "added_at": "2026-11-08",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/iammukeshm/hexgrab/blob/511c58078776af4fb0d2e3601e098f98e9f90c9a/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "community-case-studies",
  "class": "software",
  "description_en": "hexgrab is a Windows WPF color picker built after a REA investigation of the shipped PowerToys Color Picker. The author documents findings from its .NET and native DLLs, including timer-based pixel sampling and clipboard retries, then implements a smaller picker with a global hotkey, screen overlay and HEX copying.",
  "description_zh": "hexgrab 是依据 REA 对 PowerToys Color Picker 发布版程序的调查编写的 Windows WPF 取色器。作者记录 .NET 和原生 DLL 中的定时像素采样、剪贴板重试等发现，并实现全局热键、屏幕浮层和 HEX 值复制。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/hexgrab-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hexgrab-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/iammukeshm/hexgrab/blob/511c58078776af4fb0d2e3601e098f98e9f90c9a/docs/rea-findings.md",
  "group": "rea",
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  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/hexgrab-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/hexgrab-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hexgrab-case/index.md",
  "name": "hexgrab: rebuilding a color picker from a REA study of PowerToys",
  "name_zh": "hexgrab：根据 REA 对 PowerToys 的研究重建取色器",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "community-reported-mixed-workflow",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "testing",
    "scope",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Windows 10 or 11 x64; building from source requires the .NET 10 SDK.",
    "The author reports testing on one monitor at 125% scale; mixed-scale multi-monitor behavior remains untested on hardware.",
    "The picker outputs HEX only.",
    "MIT license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要 Windows 10 或 11 x64；从源码构建还需 .NET 10 SDK。",
    "作者报告仅在缩放比例为 125% 的单显示器上测试；不同缩放比例的多显示器环境尚未经过实机测试。",
    "取色器仅输出 HEX 格式。",
    "采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "app",
    "binary"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/iammukeshm/hexgrab",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}