# 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:
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:
To find additional HEX color codes, visit:
### 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.
