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sjorsp68900097
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January 31, 2018
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Can you Import Color palette's into Adobe XD?

  • January 31, 2018
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I've been looking for material design gradient header color, googled alot and found a Material palette gradient colors, it gives me a zip. file but i have no idea where to import it. I know with Photoshop you can go to the folder and add the palette there, but I don't seem to find a similar option for Adobe UX. Is there another or easier way to do quickly get the colors you want in your assets?

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Correct answer Peter Villevoye

How? I have Photoshop swatches (.ase files), but there's no option to import them into XD assets panel. That should be a basic functionality! Trying to migrate projects from PS to XD is such a nightmare...


Existing color swatches from Photoshop or Illustrator can't easily be imported or opened in Adobe XD, because they work differently. Work-around: you can go to Photoshop, drag these colors from the Swatches panel to the Libraries panel, open the CC Libraries in XD, use them on an object an add the color to the Assets panel.

I know, it's a tedious approach, but that's the best you can do for now.

Don't forget to hit the VOTE button at Adobe XD Feature Requests & Bugs !

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pennl46246261
Participant
July 13, 2021

The workaround still is very cumbersome very disappointed why this hasn't been incorporated.

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James_Sharp
Participant
July 8, 2020

It seems people do not understand the goal from the question. Adding colors to the "Assets" panel is not it. I too would like to know how to import color swatches into the color picker, so when you select an object, you can select the color you want to use. Why?

 

  1. Easier than goign to the assets panel all the time
  2. You might not want to save some colors to your assets (experimenting, etc.)

 

If not an easy way to import to the color picker, then the color picker should reflect the colors in your assets panel, at minimum. —Is there a valid reason Adobe is not doing this?

 

    Paul Popa
    Paul Popa
    Participating Frequently
    May 17, 2021

    I totally agree, James!
    Not having the possibility to "import" the swatches from other XD files, make the working process incredibly annoying. To be forced to add the same colors with every new file is a slow working process.
    For this, our workaround was to create a "master" file that has all our design system colors predefined into this file. So, every time someone would start a project, would have to copy the master file and use it for that particular task/project. 

    This is how I ended up here, on this page, today. I was trying to find out when this feature will be added to XD. Seems we still have to wait for it. It's a shame. 

      gustavonering
      gustavonering
      Participant
      December 26, 2019

      Another workaround: paste a bunch of rectangles (it can be any form actualy) with the colors of your palette, select all of them and press (+) icon on the Colors of ASSETS panel.

       

       

        HARSHIKA_VERMA
        Community Manager
        HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        December 26, 2019

        Thank you for sharing the solutions here, Gustavo. This will definitely help our customers with this issue. 

         

        Thanks,

        Harshika

        Melissa Gridley
        Melissa Gridley
        Participant
        May 31, 2019

        It's been 2 years since that feature suggestion. How is this still not a thing? This feature omission creates endless headaches for designers.

          elainecc
          Community Manager
          elaineccCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          May 31, 2019

          Actually, you can currently. With the linked assets workflow, you can now import color palettes as a part of your design system directly into your assets panel, which means you can do exactly this.

          Design systems in XD

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            mariuszo96702870
            Participant
            June 5, 2019

            How? I have Photoshop swatches (.ase files), but there's no option to import them into XD assets panel. That should be a basic functionality! Trying to migrate projects from PS to XD is such a nightmare...

            sjorsp68900097
            sjorsp68900097Author
            Participant
            January 31, 2018

            Thanks!

            Preran
            Community Manager
            PreranCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            January 31, 2018

            Looking for something like this? Import color swatches from Photoshop and Illustrator – Adobe XD Feedback : Feature Requests & Bugs

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