# 06 | Create colorways

## <mark style="color:blue;">Exercise 06</mark>

**06** | *Update colors & download quilt map, 1+ colorway and/or color palette.*

***Objective*** | To manage different colorways and download color palettes.

***Did You Know*** | Downloading the image of your quilt makes an excellent quilt map for when you construct your quilt. And downloading the color palette helps when you go shopping.

*\*Always double check your real fabric, digital swatches look different depending on your monitor settings.*

### <mark style="color:blue;">01 | Downloading & Saving Current Colorway</mark>

1. On the central [*<mark style="color:blue;">Toolbar</mark>*](https://glossary.prequilt.com/pq-glossary/ts#toolbar), click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Download Image**</mark> button (<img src="/files/iFte09gO0htTgvloE4HJ" alt="" data-size="line">).
   * ![](/files/V64KXvTZDI54qVWotgUr)
2. A pop-up window will open with the quilt map on the left hand side and the colorway on the right hand side.

   <figure><img src="/files/ZRLV4ydmTwYxJnyviFnb" alt=""><figcaption><p><em>Download pop-up window</em></p></figcaption></figure>
3. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Download the Design**</mark> button (on the left side) to download only the quilt map.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/XR4JQg9yuk5vGjD8n0Ut" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
4. Click on <mark style="color:blue;">**Download the Colors + Blocks**</mark> button (on the right side) to download the color swatches and block information.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/hUmywgoGA0IPVox7PdMb" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

### <mark style="color:blue;">02 | Creating New Colorway</mark>

1. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**COLOR TAG**</mark> tab on the left side control panel.
   * ![](/files/EeJzV9eEDZXberG8Ju8C)
2. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**down**</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">**arrow**</mark> next to Original Colorway to activate the dropdown menu.
   * ![](/files/zFx3WmyCmlGmqqZESE4A)
3. Click on <mark style="color:blue;">**Clone Existing Colorway**</mark>.
   * ![](/files/CoyYdZoxKaR5fNaqXauh)
4. <mark style="color:blue;">**Name**</mark> your colorway and click on <mark style="color:blue;">**Save**</mark>.
   * ![](/files/gc4eDK0b1SQJ1rd7Awtg)
5. Change the colors for your quilt design. In this example, I changed the colors associated with the color tags to these colors.

   * **ATTN:** The last color palette standing will automatically be saved as this new colorway. To save it, click on clone it by repeating ***Steps 02.2-4***.

   <figure><img src="/files/fV7mJl0gPoP5B2RlN2d8" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
6. Repeat ***Steps 02.2-5*** as many times as you'd like colorways for.

   * <mark style="color:red;">**ATTN:**</mark> When creating a new colorway, don't forget to Clone Existing Colorway <mark style="color:red;">**BEFORE**</mark> you change the colors.
   * In this example, I have 3 different colorways.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/1DEVIQwEiRukwzClDsS5" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
7. To toggle back and forth between your colorways, click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**down arrow**</mark> next to the name of the colorway you're currently viewing.
   * ![](/files/J1Z4FHtt9mYkCiRZFtis)
8. Click on the name of the colorway you'd like to view. In this example, I'll click on <mark style="color:blue;">**Second**</mark>. Now I'll see the second colorway again.
   * ![](/files/ZLu8bdljfcOY2SZsm7NL)
9. To download the quilt map, block information and color swatches for each colorway, repeat [***Steps 01.1-4***](#01-or-downloading-and-saving-current-colorway).

   <figure><img src="/files/yzkpmv6DsYDsgvB8oKEB" alt=""><figcaption><p><em>Quilt map, block info &#x26; color swatches for 'Second' Colorway</em></p></figcaption></figure>

   <figure><img src="/files/J3TQAgREkZJ1ZHmbuMcZ" alt=""><figcaption><p><em>Quilt map, block info &#x26; color swatches for 'Third' Colorway</em></p></figcaption></figure>


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