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  • Vishesh Arora

    August 23, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    Mr. Beall

    Here is a Solution for this. (may be this will work for you)

    Go to Edit>Preference>General

    Check ” Use system Color Picker” Option.

    Now you will get default color picker where you can save your color value by using “Add to Custom Colors”.

    Vishesh Arora
    VFX and Motion Graphics Artist

    https://digieffects.wordpress.com

  • Todd Kopriva

    September 20, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    There are some utilities for color swatches listed here:
    https://aeportal.blogspot.com/2010/10/color-swatches-in-after-effects.html

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  • Roman Ljubimov dacko

    February 6, 2015 at 2:13 pm

    I also thought it was annoying so I created a color palette tool that works pretty well for my needs:

    Palette Pocket for Chrome

    Hopefully you’ll find it useful too!

  • Alessandro Reali

    August 1, 2017 at 9:49 am

    I use to import in AFX, a color palette comp that I have made. No plugin, no script, free download.

    https://alessandroreali.blogspot.it/2017/07/free-after-effects-color-palette-v21.html

    Bye!

  • Yoan Boisjoli

    November 20, 2025 at 9:48 pm

    Man, this thread is old! I landed here a while back with the same problem and no real solution, so I ended up building one.

    It’s a script called Hextractor. You can paste any text with hex codes, or extract colors directly from shape layers, text, solids, and color controls. It builds a clean palette, and you can save it or generate color guides in-comp.

    If it helps, here it is: https://aescripts.com/hextractor/<br data-start=”699″ data-end=”702″> Let me know what you think.

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