yeah how is this an upgrade or improvement? none of these comments is the answer. The OP is right this is counterintuitive and makes no sense thay we would have to keep doing this just to have a regular panel of swatches like it always did. I'm just gonna call Adobe customer service.  ... View more

@Mascot Graphics I am frustrated with the same problem. @J E L is incorrect and I don't know why they said that, there is no "add to swatches" option in the hamburger menu, at least not on windows. After going through various fake answers in the forums for a half an hour to just find colors,  I gave up and called customer service at Adobe. So here's the real answer according to the Adobe rep: stop wasting your time, there is no fix. This is an intentional part of the update, they decided instead of looking at what swatches we need, they would put them all in file folders and theres no way to go back to a simple palette of swatches like it was before. I'm skeptical still.. you posted this in 2021 and I for sure had a regular swatch palette like a month ago (2023)..  ... View more

Can someone explain what Jeff says is the answer? There's zero explanation how to do this and a photo of his swatches which of course is not helpful. I have the latest version of APS and when I try to import the default swatches like he said, its just another parent folder with a bunch of folders inside. I don't get that big setup of a bunch of swatches like his pic. this is such a waste of time to do something as basic as finding colors. thanks adobe.  ... View more