Illustrator swatches not saving in user defined lilbrary

Hello

     Created color pallette from a photograph.  Saved it two ways to user defined swatches.  The colors are not there, only the name of the pallette is there.

One method I tried: 

    selected/highlilghted all the colors,  clicked on the hamburger menu, chose Save Swatch Library as AI, Typed in the name and hit Save.

Second method I tried:

    After highlighting all the colors, clicked on the library icon, then save swatches, put in the name and saved.

     Please help me figure out why the colors are not there!