Color Scheme Manager

Color Scheme Manager

Module: Art · Category: ColorDesign · Tool ID: ColorSchemeManager

A persistent color palette manager. Up to 8 colors per palette, click any swatch to edit via UE’s color picker, copy in multiple formats (Hex, Linear (r,g,b,a), FLinearColor() macro, sRGB), right-click a swatch to remove. Palettes auto-load on tool open and persist to JSON in the project’s Saved folder — survives across sessions.

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When to use it

• Maintaining a project-wide color reference accessible from anywhere in the editor
• Quick copy-paste of color values into materials, UI, or Blueprint
• Building per-team palette references that other tools (or your own AnimBP) can read from JSON
• Establishing a brand palette that survives across sessions and team members

When not to use it

• Don’t use this to author one-off colors — UE’s color picker does that fine on its own
• Don’t expect K-means extraction — for that, use Color Palette Extractor

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Opening the tool

1. Open the EQLabs Hub and search for Color Scheme or Palette (or browse to Art → ColorDesign)
2. Click the tool card
3. Existing palettes auto-load from [Project]/Saved/EQLabs/ColorSchemes.json

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Interface tour

Section	What it does
Palettes list	One row per palette, each with a name and up to 8 swatches
Add Palette	Adds a new empty palette
Remove palette	Per-row action (delete a palette)
Add Color to palette	Adds a new swatch via the color picker
Click a swatch	Opens the color picker to edit
Right-click a swatch	Removes that color from the palette
Copy color	Per-swatch action — copy as Hex / Linear / FLinearColor / sRGB

Copy formats

Format	Example output
Hex	#FF8C42
Linear	(R=1.0,G=0.55,B=0.26,A=1.0)
FLinearColor	FLinearColor(1.0f, 0.55f, 0.26f, 1.0f)
sRGB	(255, 140, 66, 255)

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Workflow

Building a palette

1. Click Add Palette
2. Rename it to something meaningful (e.g., “Hero Materials”)
3. Add colors via the per-palette Add Color button
4. Click each swatch to open the color picker and pick a color
5. Right-click any swatch to remove it

Using palette colors elsewhere

1. Click the per-swatch copy action
2. Pick the format that matches where you’re pasting:
   • Hex for UI / browser tools
   • Linear for material parameter pasting in UE
   • FLinearColor for C++ source code
   • sRGB for Photoshop / web tools

Cross-session persistence

Palettes save automatically to [Project]/Saved/EQLabs/ColorSchemes.json whenever you modify them. Reopening the tool loads them back. Editing the JSON directly is supported — useful for team-shared palettes via Git.

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Settings reference

Up to 8 colors per palette. Unlimited palettes.

Save path: [Project]/Saved/EQLabs/ColorSchemes.json

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Output

• In-panel display — visual swatches per palette
• Clipboard — copy actions per swatch in 4 formats
• JSON file — auto-persisted to Saved/EQLabs/ColorSchemes.json

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Tips & gotchas

• Hex format is sRGB-encoded — UE’s editor treats Hex inputs as sRGB by default. The Linear/FLinearColor formats are UE’s internal linear space (no gamma).
• Right-click to remove a single swatch — no “are you sure” prompt. Adds back via Add Color.
• JSON is human-readable — open ColorSchemes.json in a text editor for bulk edits or to share with teammates via Git
• Palettes survive across sessions automatically — no manual save needed

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Related tools

• Color Palette Extractor — extract palettes from reference images via K-means
• Material Layer Studio — apply palette colors to material parameters

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