Create and Save Swatches In Illustrator

If you have a series of colors — or swatches — that you regularly work with, then it would be beneficial to have them saved in such a way that you can access them easily when needed. In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can save swatches in Illustrator that you’ve created yourself, so you can use them in the future. This is one of Illustrator’s many handy features that will surely improve your workflow.

Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission

[eringrace]

Thank you for your brief & easy-to-follow Illustrator lessons. I’m an apparel decorator and I’ve always outsourced (and paid) for even the simplest graphic design needs because I was too intimidated by Illustrator & Photoshop. But your brief and narrowly focused videos have made it so easy for me to learn without feeling overwhelmed. Thanks so much!

[gregwoolliscroft]

WHY do all of the tutorials start when the first part is MISSSED

[jarbird]

Just what I needed to know. Thanks for keeping it clean and concise.

[JohnHoulgate]

Thank you. I appreciate your short concise instruction on saving custom swatches.

[julietrosen]

You're good. Clear + concise. THANK YOU!!

[arianepenrose]

Simple and straight to the point! Thank you.

[aliomar]

Thank you for a simple and brief explanation!!

[ruhanszubair]

I am truly grateful for the knowledge and skills I have gained under your guidance. Your teaching has not only expanded my understanding of the subject matter but has also inspired me to pursue further learning and personal growth. Your dedication to helping students reach their full potential is truly inspiring, and I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to be your student. -love you from nepal

[kay_kaylita]

Thank you so much! You instructions were very clear, and easy to follow!

[omardesigns]

you could use a zoom option with your video editing software when you have a small icon like a brush option or swatches or whatever, hope you read this and make your deiting better too.

[tinaglynn]

Thanks so much. Been trying to do this for an age. You are a star!

[douglang]

Again Thanks you helped me transition from inkscape to illustrator

[sasuke]

Simple, Instructional, great. Thank you!

[KimiWei]

Appreciate the tutorial, worked great. Only snag was that I tried first to save as swatches, a bunch of screenshots I had taken of colors I wanted to create swatches from and that didn't work. The folder appeared when I saved it, but it was empty. So then I created shapes and filled them with the colors from my jpegs and I was able to save those shapes as swatches.

[tamarajify]

Thank you, exactly what I needed and quick!

[peijichan]

Oh, thank you for this! I have tried making my own swatches but never could figure out the process. I'd just end up dragging every color into my libraries in frustration.

[stixstudios]

Thank you for the clear and precise info - very much appreciated.

[johnbrown-neaves]

Thanks mate, great little informative vid. Ive come back to this a few times now as a refresher.

[lothbrok]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

[ahmedchoudhary]

I want that these should always be shown in the swatches panel with other sawtches as default can u please guide