Corel PaintShop Pro Help | Working with custom color palettes and swatches

Working with custom color palettes and swatches

To choose a color palette

To create a palette

To delete a palette

To import a palette of swatches

To create a swatch

To select a swatch

To edit a swatch

To delete a swatch from a palette

To rename a swatch

To change how swatches are displayed

When you save swatches, you save them to a custom palette. You can create multiple palettes. For example, you can save all the colors and materials for a particular project on a custom palette. You can delete palettes that you no longer need.

You can also load a custom color palette created in PaintShop Pro. For example, a business can share corporate color by using a palette with custom swatches, artists drawing the same cartoon characters can share palettes, or graphic designers can take inspiration from one of the pre-loaded palettes.

Swatches

Swatches are styles or materials created from colors, gradients, patterns, or textures that you can save to use again. Swatches offer a way to save your favorite colors, styles, and materials so that you can access them quickly when you are working on projects.

You can select, create, edit, delete, and rename swatches. You can also change the way swatches are displayed.

Palettes are saved as folders, with the collection of swatch files (.pspscript) within the folder. By default, they are saved in the following location: [C]:\Users\[user name]\Documents\Corel PaintShop Pro\2023\Swatches\...

To choose a color palette

1 On the Materials palette, click the Swatches tab

2 Click the Palette selection menu and choose a palette from the drop-list.

The swatches for the selected palette display on the Materials palette.

To create a palette

1 On the Materials palette, click the Swatches tab

2 Click the More Options button

, and choose New Palette.

3 Type a name for your palette and click OK.

The palette is added to the drop-list above the swatches. You can now add swatches to the palette. By default, the palette is saved in [C]:\Users\[user name]\Documents\Corel PaintShop Pro\2023\Swatches\...

To delete a palette

1 On the Materials palette, click the Swatches tab

2 From the palette drop-list, choose the palette you want to delete.

3 Click the More Options button

, and choose Delete Palette.

To import a palette of swatches

Edit tab

1 Do one of the following:

• Copy the palette folder (contains the .pspscript files for each swatch in the palette) to the default user location: [C]:\Users\[user name]\Documents\Corel PaintShop Pro\2023\Swatches

• Copy the palette folder ((contains the .pspscript files for each swatch in the palette) to the location of your choice and choose File

Preferences

File Locations, click Swatches in the File types list, and click Add to navigate to the location where you stored the palette folder.

To create a swatch

Edit tab

1 On the Materials palette, click the Swatches tab

2 Click the Add to Palette button

3 In the Add to Palette dialog box, choose a palette and click OK, or click New to create a palette.

4 In the New Swatch dialog box, type a name for your swatch.

This name appears as a tooltip when you hold the pointer over the swatch on the Materials palette.

5 Click OK.

The swatch appears on the Materials palette.

You can also click the More Options button on the Materials palette, and choose New Swatch.

To select a swatch

Edit tab

1 On the Materials palette, click the Swatches tab

2 Do one of the following:

• To select a swatch as the foreground material, click the swatch.

• To select a swatch as the background material, right-click the swatch.

To edit a swatch

Edit tab

1 On the Materials palette, click the Swatches tab

2 Double-click the swatch you want to edit.

The Material Properties dialog box appears.

3 Edit the style (color, gradient, or pattern) or the texture for the material.

4 Click OK.

You can also click the swatch, click the More Options button , and then choose Edit Swatch.

To delete a swatch from a palette

Edit tab

1 On the Materials palette, click the Swatches tab

2 Click the swatch you want to delete.

3 Click the Remove from Palette button

You can also click the More Options button , and choose Delete Swatch.

To rename a swatch

Edit tab

1 On the Materials palette, click the Swatches tab

2 Click the swatch you want to rename.

3 Click the More Options button

, and choose Rename Swatch.

To change how swatches are displayed

Edit tab

• On the Materials palette, click the Swatches tab

, and perform a task from the following table.

To	Do the following
Select which swatch types are displayed	Click the More Options button , choose View, and then choose the swatch type to display.
Change how swatches are sorted	Click the More Options button , choose Sort By, and then choose Style or Name. By default, the swatches are sorted by style.
Change swatch thumbnail sizes	Click the More Options button , and choose Small Thumbnails, Medium Thumbnails, or Large Thumbnails. Medium thumbnails are displayed by default.