Selection Colors for Illustrator
Figma's Selection colors, inside Adobe Illustrator. A free panel that shows every colour in your selection and changes them all at once.
What it does
Select anything on your artboard and the panel lists every colour it uses, grouped into fill, stroke and gradient, with hex values, opacity and how many objects use each one. It updates live as your selection changes.
- Change once, update everywhere. Click a colour to open Illustrator's own colour picker, or type a hex code. Every object using that colour updates.
- Works with your swatches. Apply any document swatch to a colour, or save a new colour into your swatches with one click.
- Remove colours too. One click sets a fill or stroke to none on everything that uses it. RGB and CMYK, Illustrator 2020 and later, Mac and Windows.
How to use it
- Download the zip above and unzip it.
- On a Mac, right-click Install-Mac.command and choose Open. On Windows, double-click Install-Windows.bat.
- Restart Illustrator, then open Window → Extensions → Selection Colors.
- Dock the panel, select some artwork and click any colour to change it everywhere it is used.
Questions
Which versions of Illustrator does it work with?
Illustrator 2020 and later, on Mac and Windows.
Does it work with CMYK documents?
Yes. It reads and changes colours in both RGB and CMYK documents.
The panel isn't in Window, Extensions. What now?
Quit Illustrator completely, not just the document, and open it again. If it still isn't there, check that you have Illustrator 2020 or later, and on a Mac that you opened Install-Mac.command with right-click, Open.
Can I install it with a ZXP installer?
Yes. The zip also has SelectionColors.zxp for apps like Anastasiy's Extension Manager or ZXPInstaller. You don't need it if you used the installer script.
Is it really free?
Yes, for everyone. If it saves you time, a small donation keeps tools like this coming.
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