How can I download a Color Palette that I have created

[mhaig1701]

I have created a Color Palette and I need to download it to share with some people that they don't have the last version of Photoshop.

[Sahil.Chawla]

Hi mhaig,

May I know which operating system are you using?

Are your color palettes saved on the creative cloud library?

Try going to www.adobe.com and sign in using your Adobe ID and you'll see Libraries on the left side, click on it and you will see the things you have saved in your library.

Regards,

Sahil

[mhaig1701]

Hi Shail,

I am using macOS Sierra. version 10.12 and yes, I saved the color palette on the creative cloud library, but I don't know how can I download it.

Thanks

[mhaig1701]

Btw @Shail.Chawla, I have an enterprise ID

[Bojan Živković]

Where have you created color palette? In Photoshop? Go to Edit > Presets > Preset Manager > Swatches. Select swatches by clicking on each while holding down Ctrl/Cmd to add to selection then click on Save Set and save it.

[mhaig1701]

Thank you Bojan, but I can not to that with photoshop cc

[Bojan Živković]

You must have color swatches in Swatches panel to be able to save them as explained. That's why I am asking where you have created palette. Usually I am creating palette (couple of colors for my project to maintain consistency in colors) in Swatches panel then saving it to Libraries.

The very last option, if you have problem with other recommended options and you do not have color swatches in Swatches panel is: open Libraries panel then click on color from your color palette to set it as foreground color. Click on Create new swatch... (page icon in Swatches panel) and save as new swatch. In other words, move all swatches or colors to Swatches panel and then you will be able to save from Preset Manager.

[mhaig1701]

Thank you @Bojan but I need the .aco file and I don't know where is the file saved because it is not appear in the Preset swatches folder of my computer. I don't know if it is a problem of Creative Cloud

[Bojan Živković]

What name you gave to your color swatches when saving? Can you remember? Another way is to re-save in different location like Desktop.

[mhaig1701]

The problem is that it saves automatically in CC, so I don't know where is saved and I don't have the chance to save it in other location.

[Myra Ferguson · Accepted solution]

I think the issue is that there is some confusion between swatches and color themes. Color themes are saved automatically in your Library. You can go to Window > Extensions > Adobe Color Themes to open a panel where you can see all of your color themes. These live in your CC Libraries. If you want them in your Swatches, you can add them one by one as described above or by clicking on the 3 dots in the Adobe Color Themes panel and selecting Add to Swatches. Once your colors are in the Swatches panel, you can save them out as a .aco file. When you click the flyout menu from the Swatches panel to Save Swatches... you can navigate to where you'd like it saved, but it will open automatically to the Color Swatches folder in your Presets folder.

[Bojan Zivkovic]

Please watch this video uploaded to Google Drive swatches aco file.mp4 - Google Drive

[mhaig1701]

Thanks for the video!

[Myra Ferguson]

Have you tried using Adobe Color? If you have Photoshop CC, then you can add the color palette to your Libraries from within the app. When you go to the Adobe Color page in your browser, click My Themes. The color palette will show up there. Hover over your color palette. You'll see an option to Copy Link. You can send that to your friends who don't have the latest version of Photoshop.

[mhaig1701]

Thank you @Myra but I need the .aco file and I don't know where is the file saved because it is not appear in the Preset swatches folder of my computer. I don't know if it is a problem of Creative Cloud