QGIS Color Palette problems - custom palettes not visible to other layers?

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Full-disclosure: fairly new to QGIS (v3.4), and I am currently styling a map for presentation. I'm trying to match colors within data contained on a layer using "Categorized" styling, so that I can differentiate hierarchy between State/Local/Private/etc roadways, and also do this between discrete layers.



It seems like the way to do this would be to create a "New Palette" of swatches within the "Change Symbol Color" dialogue. Normally, I would expect this would allow me to save a dozen color swatches I like, and then load this palette when styling another item, either within the same layer, or another item on a different layer - but that does not seem to be the way it works. Instead, I find the palette which I've saved, but it is empty with no contents (???). Is this a bug or an environmental variable thing? Do I need to export/save the palette outside of QGIS and load it for each different layer? This seems like a total P.I.A. Anyone else experience this or have a workaraound solution?










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    It seems like the way to do this would be to create a "New Palette" of swatches within the "Change Symbol Color" dialogue. Normally, I would expect this would allow me to save a dozen color swatches I like, and then load this palette when styling another item, either within the same layer, or another item on a different layer - but that does not seem to be the way it works. Instead, I find the palette which I've saved, but it is empty with no contents (???). Is this a bug or an environmental variable thing? Do I need to export/save the palette outside of QGIS and load it for each different layer? This seems like a total P.I.A. Anyone else experience this or have a workaraound solution?










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      Full-disclosure: fairly new to QGIS (v3.4), and I am currently styling a map for presentation. I'm trying to match colors within data contained on a layer using "Categorized" styling, so that I can differentiate hierarchy between State/Local/Private/etc roadways, and also do this between discrete layers.



      It seems like the way to do this would be to create a "New Palette" of swatches within the "Change Symbol Color" dialogue. Normally, I would expect this would allow me to save a dozen color swatches I like, and then load this palette when styling another item, either within the same layer, or another item on a different layer - but that does not seem to be the way it works. Instead, I find the palette which I've saved, but it is empty with no contents (???). Is this a bug or an environmental variable thing? Do I need to export/save the palette outside of QGIS and load it for each different layer? This seems like a total P.I.A. Anyone else experience this or have a workaraound solution?










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      Full-disclosure: fairly new to QGIS (v3.4), and I am currently styling a map for presentation. I'm trying to match colors within data contained on a layer using "Categorized" styling, so that I can differentiate hierarchy between State/Local/Private/etc roadways, and also do this between discrete layers.



      It seems like the way to do this would be to create a "New Palette" of swatches within the "Change Symbol Color" dialogue. Normally, I would expect this would allow me to save a dozen color swatches I like, and then load this palette when styling another item, either within the same layer, or another item on a different layer - but that does not seem to be the way it works. Instead, I find the palette which I've saved, but it is empty with no contents (???). Is this a bug or an environmental variable thing? Do I need to export/save the palette outside of QGIS and load it for each different layer? This seems like a total P.I.A. Anyone else experience this or have a workaraound solution?







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          It seems I was just looking in the wrong place - there is in fact a way to setup project-level color palettes in QGIS, but it is in a different spot. If you go to Project -> Properties -> Default Styles this will let you setup symbology defaults for different types of geometry and color-ramps and color palettes too! Once you do this and save it, your new custom palette will automatically show up in your symbol color-pickers!



          There is also a whole lot more that can be accomplished with Python (not there yet): Using Python to generate color palettes



          And some ready-made palettes available for download here: GPL Files for QGIS



          Screen-cap of Default-Styles dialogue (From QGIS 2.6 documentation):
          Color Palette Documentation






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          • I installed all those lovely pre-made color palettes a while ago, and couldn't remember where I found them. Glad you found them and shared the link.
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          I'm not sure exactly where you're seeing a "change symbol color" dialog, but here are a few different ways to save colors and use them again later.



          You can add pre-defined colors to the project from the Project menu > Properties > Default Styles.



          enter image description here



          You can apply project styles to features from the select color interface > color swatches tab > choose "project colors" from the dropdown menu.



          enter image description here
          Notice that in the same interface, you also have the option to choose from recent colors. So you can actually skip the step of saving colors in the project menu, and just use recent colors.



          For quick access to the options described above, right-clicking on the color in the layer-styling tab opens this menu:



          enter image description here



          Notice that you have access to recent colors, standard color palettes, and project colors.




          The QGIS-3 series has an enormous number of different ways to customize the symbology of your layers. See the The Style Manager section of the QGIS User Manual.






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            It seems I was just looking in the wrong place - there is in fact a way to setup project-level color palettes in QGIS, but it is in a different spot. If you go to Project -> Properties -> Default Styles this will let you setup symbology defaults for different types of geometry and color-ramps and color palettes too! Once you do this and save it, your new custom palette will automatically show up in your symbol color-pickers!



            There is also a whole lot more that can be accomplished with Python (not there yet): Using Python to generate color palettes



            And some ready-made palettes available for download here: GPL Files for QGIS



            Screen-cap of Default-Styles dialogue (From QGIS 2.6 documentation):
            Color Palette Documentation






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            It seems I was just looking in the wrong place - there is in fact a way to setup project-level color palettes in QGIS, but it is in a different spot. If you go to Project -> Properties -> Default Styles this will let you setup symbology defaults for different types of geometry and color-ramps and color palettes too! Once you do this and save it, your new custom palette will automatically show up in your symbol color-pickers!



            There is also a whole lot more that can be accomplished with Python (not there yet): Using Python to generate color palettes



            And some ready-made palettes available for download here: GPL Files for QGIS



            Screen-cap of Default-Styles dialogue (From QGIS 2.6 documentation):
            Color Palette Documentation






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            It seems I was just looking in the wrong place - there is in fact a way to setup project-level color palettes in QGIS, but it is in a different spot. If you go to Project -> Properties -> Default Styles this will let you setup symbology defaults for different types of geometry and color-ramps and color palettes too! Once you do this and save it, your new custom palette will automatically show up in your symbol color-pickers!



            There is also a whole lot more that can be accomplished with Python (not there yet): Using Python to generate color palettes



            And some ready-made palettes available for download here: GPL Files for QGIS



            Screen-cap of Default-Styles dialogue (From QGIS 2.6 documentation):
            Color Palette Documentation






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            It seems I was just looking in the wrong place - there is in fact a way to setup project-level color palettes in QGIS, but it is in a different spot. If you go to Project -> Properties -> Default Styles this will let you setup symbology defaults for different types of geometry and color-ramps and color palettes too! Once you do this and save it, your new custom palette will automatically show up in your symbol color-pickers!



            There is also a whole lot more that can be accomplished with Python (not there yet): Using Python to generate color palettes



            And some ready-made palettes available for download here: GPL Files for QGIS



            Screen-cap of Default-Styles dialogue (From QGIS 2.6 documentation):
            Color Palette Documentation







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            • I installed all those lovely pre-made color palettes a while ago, and couldn't remember where I found them. Glad you found them and shared the link.
              – csk
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            • I installed all those lovely pre-made color palettes a while ago, and couldn't remember where I found them. Glad you found them and shared the link.
              – csk
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            I installed all those lovely pre-made color palettes a while ago, and couldn't remember where I found them. Glad you found them and shared the link.
            – csk
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            I installed all those lovely pre-made color palettes a while ago, and couldn't remember where I found them. Glad you found them and shared the link.
            – csk
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            I'm not sure exactly where you're seeing a "change symbol color" dialog, but here are a few different ways to save colors and use them again later.



            You can add pre-defined colors to the project from the Project menu > Properties > Default Styles.



            enter image description here



            You can apply project styles to features from the select color interface > color swatches tab > choose "project colors" from the dropdown menu.



            enter image description here
            Notice that in the same interface, you also have the option to choose from recent colors. So you can actually skip the step of saving colors in the project menu, and just use recent colors.



            For quick access to the options described above, right-clicking on the color in the layer-styling tab opens this menu:



            enter image description here



            Notice that you have access to recent colors, standard color palettes, and project colors.




            The QGIS-3 series has an enormous number of different ways to customize the symbology of your layers. See the The Style Manager section of the QGIS User Manual.






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              I'm not sure exactly where you're seeing a "change symbol color" dialog, but here are a few different ways to save colors and use them again later.



              You can add pre-defined colors to the project from the Project menu > Properties > Default Styles.



              enter image description here



              You can apply project styles to features from the select color interface > color swatches tab > choose "project colors" from the dropdown menu.



              enter image description here
              Notice that in the same interface, you also have the option to choose from recent colors. So you can actually skip the step of saving colors in the project menu, and just use recent colors.



              For quick access to the options described above, right-clicking on the color in the layer-styling tab opens this menu:



              enter image description here



              Notice that you have access to recent colors, standard color palettes, and project colors.




              The QGIS-3 series has an enormous number of different ways to customize the symbology of your layers. See the The Style Manager section of the QGIS User Manual.






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                I'm not sure exactly where you're seeing a "change symbol color" dialog, but here are a few different ways to save colors and use them again later.



                You can add pre-defined colors to the project from the Project menu > Properties > Default Styles.



                enter image description here



                You can apply project styles to features from the select color interface > color swatches tab > choose "project colors" from the dropdown menu.



                enter image description here
                Notice that in the same interface, you also have the option to choose from recent colors. So you can actually skip the step of saving colors in the project menu, and just use recent colors.



                For quick access to the options described above, right-clicking on the color in the layer-styling tab opens this menu:



                enter image description here



                Notice that you have access to recent colors, standard color palettes, and project colors.




                The QGIS-3 series has an enormous number of different ways to customize the symbology of your layers. See the The Style Manager section of the QGIS User Manual.






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                I'm not sure exactly where you're seeing a "change symbol color" dialog, but here are a few different ways to save colors and use them again later.



                You can add pre-defined colors to the project from the Project menu > Properties > Default Styles.



                enter image description here



                You can apply project styles to features from the select color interface > color swatches tab > choose "project colors" from the dropdown menu.



                enter image description here
                Notice that in the same interface, you also have the option to choose from recent colors. So you can actually skip the step of saving colors in the project menu, and just use recent colors.



                For quick access to the options described above, right-clicking on the color in the layer-styling tab opens this menu:



                enter image description here



                Notice that you have access to recent colors, standard color palettes, and project colors.




                The QGIS-3 series has an enormous number of different ways to customize the symbology of your layers. See the The Style Manager section of the QGIS User Manual.







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