Utilities/grab ... what does it do ?

hi all, i have been exploring Finder and clicking on a few "programs" in the Utilities folder, namely GRAB !!.
What does it do please, the "grab" icon sitting in the Dock tells me exactly NOTHING.
I have also found something called Digital Colour Meter, of course i don't really know what to do with this one either ... if it could identify a single colour on a web site i am making, by giving me a six figure hex number i would know what to with it.
any ideas anyone , please ?.
tim

Thanks again Capt Fred, i can happily report that Digital Colour Meter does exactly what i hoped it would do !.
I am playing at making a web site (not with iWeb, LOL) i had a colour being displayed that wasn't the correct colour, so with this "digital colour meter" i could find the hex number of the problem color and then find where it is defined in the HTML listing and thence change the colour to the one i wanted which i had again got the hex number from, with this little program.
I MUST STOP CALLING APP's "programs"
tim

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