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# Custom color swatches

Palo Alto will display swatches for color variants in collection filtering and the product form on product pages.

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Palo Alto will detect if your variant label is color or colour and automatically display swatches
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## Customize the trigger words

To customize the trigger words that activate swatches, use the theme content (edit default theme content) and add or modify the values:

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You can add more trigger words that will help use swatches for other options.

The result is the same, and you can use different custom swatches as well.

## Colors

Palo Alto can easily detect simple color names and convert them to swatches. There are a total of 140 color names Palo Alto can detect, all other, more complex names will be represented by a default grey color swatch.

You can upload your own custom color names and graphics as described below. Here is a full list of color names that will automatically be converted to swatches: [color names list](https://groupthought.com/pages/swatch-color-names)

## Customizing

If your products have color names other than the listed colors in the [color names list](https://groupthought.com/pages/swatch-color-names), you can add your own color names and values or upload images to the assets folder:

### Add custom color names and values to swatches.json

Use the `swatches.json` file located in the **assets** folder to add your own custom names and HEX color values:

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To find additional HEX color codes, visit:  <https://colorhunt.co>

### Add custom images to the assets folder

With Palo Alto, you can upload your own custom swatch images and display them on product and collection pages.

How to:

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* Create a small square image (60x60 or 100x100 for best results)
* Upload to the **assets** folder
* Modify `swatches.json` to include your color name and image
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## Disabling swatches

Swatches can be toggled in the theme settings under Swatches -> Type.

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