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Pre Defined Color Combinations in Affinity Designer


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Hi busynights,

I'm not sure the exact workflow you are taking in AI but in Affinity, you could create a swatch of colours you want to use and when you've finished tracing your design, if you select the different parts and then click on the Colour in the Swatches panel, that part will be filled with the colour.

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... and maybe use Global Colors to easily change the color in multiple places in the design.

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What I believe you're seeing there is the Adobe Colour Themes extension. There's nothing exactly like it in the Affinity apps in terms of pre-defined colour combinations, but you can create a variety of colour chords based on current fill colour and add them to a palette:

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3 hours ago, h_d said:

There's nothing exactly like it in the Affinity apps in terms of pre-defined colour combinations, but you can create a variety of colour chords based on current fill colour and add them to a palette

If I understand the OP requirement and the meaning of Color Theme correctly, then it is not a matter of creating some similar or complementary colors, but it is a matter of applying some selected colors (Themes) to one click on the entire document.

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On 10/29/2020 at 6:36 PM, stokerg said:

Hi busynights,

I'm not sure the exact workflow you are taking in AI but in Affinity, you could create a swatch of colours you want to use and when you've finished tracing your design, if you select the different parts and then click on the Colour in the Swatches panel, that part will be filled with the colour.

Hi Stokerg,

Many thanks for you suggestion.

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On 10/29/2020 at 10:14 PM, h_d said:

What I believe you're seeing there is the Adobe Colour Themes extension. There's nothing exactly like it in the Affinity apps in terms of pre-defined colour combinations, but you can create a variety of colour chords based on current fill colour and add them to a palette:

689439754_Screenshot2020-10-29at16_39_55.thumb.png.b57a854935954e011351ce7afcc08cda.png

573771354_Screenshot2020-10-29at16_40_14.thumb.png.9242ce68239528c423c96de29714f466.png

 

 

Hi h_d,

Many thanks for your suggest, its a great option.

 

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4 hours ago, busynights said:

Hi Psenda,

Many thanks for your reply, this worked!

 

You are welcome :-)

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