Documentation
Palettes
Palettes offer a powerful way to organize and manage your colors based on your project’s requirements and your team’s workflow. The ability to group colors within a palette provides efficient organization, similar to how you might structure a color system palette.
Create Palette
You can create a new palette in two ways: from the app window or directly from the menu bar.
From the Main Window
- Click the
+
Button
From the Menu Bar
- Click the three-line menu (
☰
) - Select New Palette from the dropdown.
Add Colors
Once you’ve created a palette, you can add colors to it by:
- Using the color picker while the palette is selected.
- Dragging colors from other palettes into the new one.
Editing Names and Notes
Palettes can be named, and you can add a description to help your team understand the palette’s purpose, use cases, or project relevance.
Grouping Colors
To group colors within a palette:
- Select the colors you want to group.
- Open the contextual menu (right-click or use the menu icon).
- Select Group to create a named subgroup within the palette.
Share Palette
To share a palette:
- Click the actions menu (
•••
) on the top-right of a palette. - Select Export and choose the desired format.
Export Formats
- Sip Palette – Re-importable into the app.
- Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) – For Adobe Creative Cloud.
- Apple Color List (CLR) – For macOS apps and Xcode.
- JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) – For developers.
- Portable Document Format (PDF) – For printable, sharable files.
These formats make it easy to use your color palettes across design, development, and documentation workflows.