


One of the coolest features is the ability to have a gradient swatch. You can see below that I actually added a stop to create a gradient swatch! How cool is that?Īs you can see, it’s super easy to create a custom color palette just by adding swatches. It’ll bring up the Gradient Editor which will allow you to change your swatch, which will of course also change the colors of any objects with that swatch applied. You can even right-click on a swatch and click Edit. Remember, you can also shift+click to apply the color to the stroke. You can now select objects and simply click the swatches on the bottom to color your objects.

You’ll notice that the color swatches on the bottom automatically update as you create new swatches. I just kept copying and pasting that square and changing the swatch color (as it’s a new swatch each time you copy and paste the object). You can now choose the color in which to swatch. What we want to select is the Swatch button under the Fill tab of Fill and Stroke. Now all you need is a random object to color. A menu will pop up and you’ll select Auto. You’ll find a little black arrow located on the bottom right of those colored swatches. With a couple quick changes, you’ll be choosing your favorite colors to save in a palette in no time! Step 1 Setting up a custom color palette in Inkscape may seem a little tricky at first, but it’s actually very easy and quite effective.
