Selection colors
View and batch-edit all fill and stroke colors used across a multi-layer selection.
What selection colors shows
When you select multiple layers, the Selection colors panel in the right inspector lists every unique color used by any fill or stroke across the entire selection. Each color row shows:
- A color swatch
- The hex value or color name
- The number of layers using that color
Editing a color across the selection
- Select multiple layers on the canvas (drag to select, or click + Shift+click).
- In the right inspector, find the Selection colors section.
- Click a color swatch in the list.
- A color picker opens. Change the color.
- Every layer in the selection that used the old color updates to the new color.
This changes only the layers that match that specific color. Other colors in the selection are not affected.
When to use selection colors
- Post-AI-generation cleanup — AI-generated designs often use placeholder colors. Use selection colors to quickly swap all occurrences of a placeholder gray to your brand color.
- Theme changes — select all layers in a section and swap a blue to a green to test a different accent.
- Consistency fixes — identify and merge slightly different shades of the same intended color (e.g., four nearly identical grays) into one canonical value.
Tips
- Select all layers in a frame (click the frame and press ⌘A) to get a complete color inventory for that area.
- Selection colors shows fills and strokes but does not show colors inside nested components — detach or enter the component to see those.
- Use selection colors as a final QA step before exporting to catch stray colors that should not be in the design.