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This is something that Manga Studio has had since it's US debut (version 3.x). It currently called Layer Color Effect. What it does is automatically tints the layer with a color. It defaults to a Non-Photo bluish color. The same effect can be done in Photo editing apps by creating a color screen layer and filling it with a color. However in Manga Studio it's a non-destructive and non-creative (meaning that no layers are changed or created in the operation of the effect, like with animals in TV and movies :D ). When it comes to doing this to a layer that contains curves and closed curves that have many colors and gradients, it just tints the contents of the layer with the color as if the layer is transformed into grey-scale with the color subbing for black/grey. While this isn't an isolation mode, it allows me to create many layers, color-code the color effect (blue are roughs, teal are pencils and mocha are finished pencils). I can see ways that this could be useful in Affinity Designer. When hand-drawing letters I can have the layer that contains the curves of the letters be one color and then work on the artwork and not be so distracted by all the black lines of everything. Then with a click of an option, the effect could be turned off (on a layer-by-layer basis) for final export/printing. Personally, I would use the heck out of this feature, I could "drop" other layers into the background and work on one that doesn't have the color effect or work on the only layer that has a color effect turned on. This also could be a great way to create duo-tone illustrations. A number of comic artists (like Cameron Stewards Sin Tulio [<-- I think I spelled it right], for example) use this feature in Manga Studio for the final art.