P: Add custom colors for colour coding layers and groups

[twinbrush]

Wouldn't it be great to be able to use more colours than the 7 defaults for colour coding layers and groups? They're a great way (along with proper naming) to organise complex documents, but having only seven default colours to choose from means they start to become duplicated which pretty much defeats the purpose.

Would be really useful to have the ability (much like with Indesign and Illustrator) to use a wider palette of colours to colour code layers and groups.

[Ben Dunkle]

6 years is a long time, sorry for the link rot.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

No problem. I don't see that you posted that 6 years ago. Here it just says 2 hours. The problem with merging, I suppose.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Rude is correct. For example, I have over thirty separate groups for a museum project and wouldn't it be expedient, as we're all visual folks, to have a color coded system with more choices. Karlita, being snarky as an adult isn't polite or shows patience. I hope that you're not that way with clients or friends. 

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I'm bumping this, because for some reason this is still an issue. We *need* extensive color coding options.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Had to look to see if bumping it let me vote again. That's how much I need this. <bg> Alas. . .

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Been yearning for this for years. The gray one is essentially useless. So we are stuck with 6 usable color tags :|. Come on Adobe! Please ❤️

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I'd love this too!

[Dominik Sourcé]

It's a great feature request, but it should not be restricted to layer colors – the menu customization colors and action colors (button mode) are also restricted to those 7 colors. Therefore I think this should be addressed application-wide.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Is there any real reason we are still stuck with the seven colour options for our layers in the layers pallet? Can it not be moved inline with the options in Illustrator, or even better yet, give us a colour palette to choose from. More colours would be a real help in some of my more complex files, some of them have hundreds of layers. Seems like such an easy improvement in the grand scheme of things. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I agree that more color options for Layer labelling would be an improvement but I would hesitate to call it 

such an easy improvement

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

is this ever going to happen ?
// In all fairness; Adobe wastes resources on so many pointless changes... and ignores changes that matter.

[Rako_occult]

I really hope yes, i can't believe they haven't done it yet.

[Stephen Marsh]

Things to think about:

1) GUI - Would this just be another single icon for "custom", which when selected would then bring up a new window with colour picker? Then click on the custom icon to edit the existing colour values? Vertical real estate in the contextual menu is limited when right-clicking on the layer name, as opposed to the eye icon or thumbnail icon.

2) ACTIONS - How would this be recorded into an action and the underlying code that is generated by the action that would be used in scripting or UXP development?

3) BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY - what would happen when an older version of Photoshop opened a file containing a custom label colour.

These are of course issues for the developers, however, users have to give feedback or they may not like the implementation.

[Kirmm Ella]

It's been 8 years already and we still don't have an option to add more than 7 colors.

This is pathetic.

 

[Lenk_]

2022 and it's still not there yet.. If only there was at least as many colors to pick from like in Adobe After effects.. Is there any 3rd party plugin or whatever thing that can bring in more color tags please?

[Uriel 3]

Checking in on a thread for something I've nebulously wanted for a long time, I'm surprised it's been asked for for this long in Photoshop while other apps have a similar feature already?

I'm curious if this is a thing that's still on the table for development at any point - the ability to add custom colors would be a lifesaver for me 🙂 

[Tatsumaru22333556qqzb]

Gentlemen of Adobe, I would just like to remind you that the program still allows you to mark layers and groups with only seven colors. Perhaps someone would like to finally listen to the demands of the people?

[Red Point]

Adobe, in the 21century color palettes contain 16,7 Mio colors, why limit us to 6 plus grey???? 
I have a new slogan for Adobe: "Keep imagining tomorrow - but please give us more colors today!"

[Chuck Uebele]

I agree, this would be a great inprovement.

[davids84228917]

...Absolutely right. I made such a suggestion in a different post myself. In other graphics/compositing software such as the Foundary's Nuke, you have access to any colour you like to be able to label boundary boxes around nodes in a purely visual manner. I think you should be able to do the same for layers in your stack. I would like to use different shades of a colour to denote different aspects to any layers within a given Group.

[davids84228917]

You're absolutely right. Adobe has flirted too long with peripheral functionality in Photoshop without addressing core issues. Organization is one of them and color labelling layers is right up there.

[davids84228917]

The answer is simple. Enable an ability to use the Swatch Palette to pick from to color layers.

[twinbrush]

Thanks for all your upvotes and input. Still staggered this hasn't been looked at....fingers crossed it'll happen some day. I think I'm right in saying Photoshop is the only part of the suite with such a limited range of colour options for labels. Sheesh!

[jeremyc34122067]

Beyond ridiculous that we are halfway through '23 and we are still limited with this. I want more layer label colors/options.

[Toti Magdalena]

In the layers palette we should be able to color the layers using the color picker. 

The colors we now have is insufficient. 

In addition, we should have the possibility of being able to order the layers by color.