The Colors section in the Inspector shows every color used across multiple layers or a container — so you can swap any color across your whole selection at once, without touching each layer individually. It works with Symbol instances, plain layers, or a mix of both.
Colors in the Inspector
The Colors section appears in the Selection section of the Inspector when you select a container — such as a group, frame, or Symbol instance — that has layers with colors inside it, or when you select two or more layers with different colors.
An overview of the Colors section in the Inspector.
If a layer sits inside a hidden group, its colors still appear as long as you select it directly — you don’t need to unhide the parent group first.
You’ll see fills (including gradients), borders, text colors, and tints. When you select a container, you’ll see colors from every layer nested inside it. If you select a shape group created with boolean operations, you’ll see only the group’s own colors, not those of the individual shapes inside it. Gradients appear as their type — for example, Linear or Radial — with a gradient preview swatch.
By default, colors are sorted by frequency — the most common color first, with Color Variables listed before plain colors. To sort by hue instead, click 
in the Colors section header.
How to sort colors by hue in the Colors section of the Inspector.
The same color at different opacities appears as separate rows by default, so you can edit each opacity independently. You can also combine them into one row to edit them all at once.
Working with colors
In the Colors section, you can edit colors, highlight matching layers on the Canvas, or select those layers in the Layer List.
- Click any color to open the Color Panel — any change you make applies to every layer in the selection that uses that color, while keeping each layer’s opacity intact.
- Hover over the color swatch to highlight matching layers on the Canvas.
- Click the chevron on a color row to select only the layers using that color in the Layer List.
- Hover over a color row and hold ⌥ to show a Reset Overrides button — click it to reset that color’s overrides across all Symbol instances in your selection, for that color only.
When your selection includes a mix of Symbol instances and plain layers, their colors all appear together in the same Colors section — so you can change a color once and it updates across both.
If your selection includes Symbol instances, you’ll also find a Reset Overrides button 
in the Colors section header — click it to reset all color overrides at once. See Resetting overrides for details.
How to highlight layers by color and jump to them in the Layer List using the Colors section.
Combining opacity
If the same color appears at different opacities across your selection, you’ll find a separate row for each opacity value by default — so you can edit each one on its own.
If you’d rather treat them as one color, click in the Colors section header and turn on Combine Opacity. You’ll see all rows for that color merge into one — the opacity field shows Mixed. Any color change you make applies to all those layers at once. If you drag the opacity slider, each layer shifts by the same amount — though opacity is capped at 0% and 100%. If you type a value directly, all layers are set to that exact opacity.
To go back to editing each opacity separately, click again and turn off Combine Opacity. Combine Opacity works with solid colors and gradients, but not with Color Variables.
The Combine Opacity option in the Colors section filter menu.
