create color theme under new folder, come back it is gone. how to save a palette

Hi, I right click under my untitled.xar folder, in the Color Gallery. Select New, New Named color. I create 3 new colors, seen in screen shot. I save project. I close Xara. I reopen Xara. my colors are not saved.

also, is there a CSV file format, perhaps I could import names and color codes, like
my yellow,ffffe1
myblue,0078cc

This would save me a bunch of right clicking.
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named colours are saved with the document in which they are used

if you want to have them in a new document you will need to create a new default file template that includes them

there is an option [ view tab] to remove unused named colours automatically when closing file, this not active/ticked by default - so make sure this has not been ticked

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Originally Posted by handrawn

there is an option [ view tab] to remove unused named colours automatically when closing file, this not active/ticked by default - so make sure this has not been ticked

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thanks. The utilities, View Tab setting worked. They are now staying in Xara project. There is a free Cyotek palette editor, that exports to .pal files. copied it into, C:\Program Files\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X\15\Palettes, and then opening. Then Xara creates a folder for it in Color Gallery, but gives error, Can't open that file type. It is .pal like the other files in this folder. Any ideas? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by mintintegral18

thanks. The utilities, View Tab setting worked. They are now staying in Xara project. There is a free Cyotek palette editor, that exports to .pal files. copied it into, C:\Program Files\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X\15\Palettes, and then opening. Then Xara creates a folder for it in Color Gallery, but gives error, Can't open that file type. It is .pal like the other files in this folder. Any ideas? Thanks.

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Well put handrawn

I created a custom palette of colors many years ago that resides off the page in my default document. I named each color using the Apply, Remove or Inspect Names of Objects feature (the Yellow name tag icon).

The colors appear on the color line at the bottom of the screen as well as in the Color Gallery.

xara colour palettes are in .JCW format

the term PAL is sometimes used as a specific file type, and sometimes generically

I did find this, http://btaylor.50megs.com/JCWPad/index.htm. A way to create palettes from a text file is no longer my priority. But maybe this JCWPad will work. If I have time I'll try it. For now, I made a palette manually and it's working and saved into my project. thanks.

i have used jcwpad way back, glad to see it is still around - as i recall it works ok once you get used to it

You can also do this:

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Creating your own color schemes
It’s very easy to create your own color scheme files, which you can pass on to other
Designer Pro+ users for them to apply to designs created with the same theme.


1. Load one of the page templates for the theme. Choose one which shows off all the colors of the theme most effectively. You can add more elements to the page if required, to help show off the range of theme colors.
2. Edit the named colors of the theme one at a time, as described in the ‘Editing named colors’ section (on page 202) below.
3. Once you are happy with your new color scheme, use "FILE" > "SAVE AS" to save it.

The filename you choose MUST include "themecolorscheme" as part of the filename. That is how Designer Pro+ identifies color scheme files – just by looking for that sequence in the filename. It’s a good idea to also include the name of the theme to which the scheme applies. For example a new blue color scheme for the "Beta" themeset could be named something like "betathemecolorschemeblue.web".
To test your color scheme, drag and drop it from File Explorer onto a page that still has the default theme colors. The page should be instantly re-colored using your color scheme.

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