Remap Colors Effect

The Remap Colors effect replaces specific colors in your artwork with different colors. It auto-detects all colors present on the canvas and supports both manual and palette-based mapping.

Parameters

Color Mappings

A visual mapping interface with two columns:

ColumnDescription
FromOriginal colors auto-detected from your canvas
ToReplacement color — defaults to the same value (no change)

Set replacement colors via color picker, hex input, or palette selection.

Match Exact

ValueEffect
true (default)Only exact hex matches are replaced
falseSimilar colors are also matched

Include Transparent

When enabled, transparent/empty cells are included in the mapping interface.

Palette Mode

ModeDescription
Manual (default)Set each color mapping individually
PaletteMap all detected colors to a selected color palette

Selected Palette

When palette mode is active, choose a palette. All detected colors are remapped to the closest or indexed palette color.

Mapping Algorithm

AlgorithmDescription
Closest (default)Maps each detected color to the perceptually closest palette color
By IndexMaps colors by position — first detected → first palette color, etc.

Keyframing

The color mappings property uses hold interpolation — keyframe different mapping configurations at different frames to swap palettes at specific points in your animation.

Workflow

Add a Remap Colors effect block to a layer or globally

Colors are auto-detected from the canvas

Set replacement colors manually or switch to palette mode

Adjust timing by dragging the effect block edges
Info

Both text and background colors are detected. Map them independently for precise control.

Use Cases

  • Palette swaps — Remap an entire color scheme to a new palette
  • Color correction — Fix specific color mistakes
  • Palette reduction — Map similar shades to a single color
  • Animation color transitions — Keyframe different mappings at different frames