Colors-Named missing from Materials in SU 2026

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I recently switched from SketchUp Pro 2022 to SketchUp 2026. I apply colors to objects in my models to identify parts, processes, and materials in build instructions. I’m color-blind, so I’ve always used the “Colors-Named” collection when I need to color objects for these purposes. Most of the named colors contain common words – green, orange, blue, etc. – so I can quickly and consistently choose specific colors I can distinguish from others in the model.

I can’t do this with the “Solid Colors” collection in 2026, which uses many colorless names I’m not familiar with (e.g., electric meadow, orchid kiss). And the cube in each swatch shows multiple colors, increasing my confusion.

Can anyone tell me how I can import the Colors-Named collection from 2022 into 2026? (Even better if I can import the old collections for metal, landscaping, wood, etc., but I can work without these if necessary.)

Appreciate any help you can share. Thanks!

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Same here, colorblind and also preffer using the “Colors-Named” from the old material library.

In case you still have sup22 installed, you can add the old material folder as a new collection in sup26.
(i have made a copy of the sup22 materials folder and saved it to a logical location for me to find quickly)

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Possible location sup22 materials:
c:\ProgramData\SketchUp\SketchUp 2022\SketchUp\Materials\

  1. open sup26

  2. select “open or create a collection…” from the pulldownmenu in the material tray

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  3. search for the original sup22 materials folder, or the copied material folder, and press “select folder”:

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  4. Now you should be able to see, select and use the sup22 material library, including the colors-named:

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Hope this helped, else you can search the forum for previous posts about this issue with alternative options :wink:

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Thank you, AnnoNiem, for the illustrated instructions! I still have ‘22 on my old machine, so no problem getting the old files. Will give this a try this week. Thanks again!

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in addition, the materials are also there

and you have several material picking plugins that come with various colour libraries or even colour picker.

like this one with 10k colours in it that can be searched by name