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Allow selecting layers’ colors directly in the Layers panel

In the Layers panel would be useful to select a layer color directly from a dropdown list or something like that, instead of double clicking the layer and then choosing a different color.

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Flavio Cominotti shared this idea · Mar 12, 2026 · Report… · Admin →

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AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) commented · March 13, 2026 7:32 AM · Report

Love it. Photoshop has a Color option at the bottom of the context menu for a layer, Ai should do the same.

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