Any way to save color swatches?

[Spazmelda]

Is there any way to save a color swatch profile that I have made for a document?

I found a way online to write a file where I specify each color profile, but just wondering if there is an easier way.

Thanks!

[brynn]

Welcome to the forum!

There are 2 different ways to create a custom palette for Inkscape.  The Swatches feature is per document, so that the swatches you make in a document only exist in that doc.

The other way is to create a GPL file (Inkscape uses GIMP palette file format).  Here's a tutorial for that:  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ureva7n4uyue6e6/Gimp_Palette_Howto_V0_2.pdf

However, if it's just a custom color that you need, you can create a custom color using Object menu > Fill and Stroke.  That doesn't make a palette chip or a swatch or anything.  It's just a custom color, and you'd have to remember the values which create it, depending which tab you use in Fill and  Stroke dialog.  Or you could use the Dropper tool to move it from one doc to another.

[Moini]

There's the third method of saving the swatches in a custom template, too.

[brynn]

Oh, I didn't think of that.  I suppose custom templates make Swatches not strictly per document.