Using color swatches

The color swatch palette contains a number of colors by default, and also lets you save colors or gradients for easy reuse within the document.

👁 Image

To save a color swatch:

1. Select the color or gradient that you want to save.
2. On the Color panel, select the Swatches 👁 Image
   button.
3. Click the Add swatch 👁 Image
   button.

To use a color swatch:

1. On the Color panel, select the Swatches 👁 Image
   button.
2. Select the color or gradient that you want to use.

To delete a color swatch:

1. On the Color panel, select the Swatches 👁 Image
   button.
2. Select the swatch you want to delete from the palette. The default swatches can't be removed.
3. Click the Delete 👁 Image
   button.

Extracting colors from images

Google Web Designer can generate a set of color swatches based on an image. These exact colors may not be present within the image, but compose a suggested palette that complements the image.

Only images with local sources are supported.

👁 Image

👁 Image

To extract colors from an image:

Use one of the following methods:

• Right-click the image and select Extract colors from image from the pop-up menu.
• Select an image. On the Color panel, select the Swatches 👁 Image
  button and click the Extract image colors 👁 Image
  button at the bottom of the panel.

The Color panel displays the color swatch palette with 5 new color swatches added. You can use these colors like any other swatches.

👁 Image