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How do I reset my color palette without drag-dropping a color on each one?
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Why does SketchUp change my colors to gray when I re-open the program?
Example:
I put some brown on my color palette.
I restarted SketchUp, but my brown turned gray.
If you want all the swatches gone, just delete this file:
~/Library/Colors/NSColorPanelSwatches.plist
The operating system will create a new file when you add a new swatch. If you just want to try it out, move the file somewhere safe first, then restart SketchUp (or any app where you use the colour swatches).
If you want to delete them one at a time, use the eyedropper tool to copy an empty swatch, then drag that to the ones you want to delete. If youâre really careful, you could edit the .plist in Xcode or BBEdit to remove lots of swatches at once, but donât blame me if you mess it up.
In High Sierra, if you drag a swatch to the trash, it will delete it so you get an empty swatch. Iâm still on El Capitan where it doesnât work that way. Your profile says Sierra, so dragging to the trash might work on that and might not.
I agree that this isnât very user friendly, but you donât have to tidy them up.
Iâve never seen that happening, so I canât help with that.
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your image indicates you can view âNamedâ colors by switching to Palette view from the âIn Modelâ collectionâŚ
how did you enable that?
it disappeared for most users c:SUv7âŚ
I was modifying the nib file to re-instate it , but that stopped working in SUv17âŚ
so Iâm curiousâŚ
john
Iâve just had a look at some older versions of SketchUp that I have installed here. It is not there in SU2017, SU2016, SU2015 or SU8, but it is there in SU2018. I take it that theyâve brought it back for SU2018?
I havenât changed anything to get the named colours. The named colours tab isnât specific to SketchUp. Itâs available from any application. It doesnât have an âin Modelâ option in SketchUp. Thereâs no list of colours in the current model, though I suppose you could create a new named palette and name every colour in it if you wanted to.
I donât have it in v2018 [El Capitan]âŚ
this was in v15
click the Brick >> click the House is what I mean by âColors in ModelââŚ
if there are âcolorsâ available [in the model] then clicking on the Palettes Icon should reveal the namesâŚ
there have been reports of this ârandomlyâ workingâŚ
john
I see what you mean now, so after clicking the Brick (Texture Palettes), I can see the colours or materials in the model in the âColor Palettesâ tab on El Capitan 10.11.6 in SU2018.
SU8, SU2015 : The âColor Palettesâ tab is not available.
SU2016 & SU2017 The âColor Palettesâ tab was not available, but now it is there after some messing around.
@Forestr, sorry for the side-trackâŚ
I was going to suggest avoiding âpalettesâ and using the âIn Model Colorsâ when I spotted the anomaly with @McGordonâs âPanelââŚ
not only can you loose those swatches, but they donât have names is SUâŚ
using the Texture Palettes has always been the SU âdesignedâ wayâŚ
@McGordon, Iâve been searching for years to find a reason for the intermittent behaviourâŚ
john
The Color Palettes tab is flaky, Iâve lost it now in SU2018.
I donât have the color palettes tab.
I wonder why itâs turning the colors on my palette gray. Should I try reinstalling SketchUp?
Also, when I delete textures they come back upon restarting the program.
I noticed that my âtexture imagesâ arenât linked to my library in the settings. Would that cause this problem?
seeing it is rare in SU, it is not âexpectedâ, which is why I was surprised to see itâŚ
I think it depends on how the âswatchâ is created, ones created outside SU, stick for meâŚ
that wonât help at allâŚ
delete from where?
you can only delete from âColors in Modelâ or overwrite swatches as shown aboveâŚ
you cannot remove materials from any of the librariesâŚ
a folder of .skm files in your own library is the SU way of re-using specific materialsâŚ
if you want them to have ânamesâ in the model they need to be âtexturesâ rather than âcolorsââŚ
john
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