Skin Tones
A balanced skin tone palette for Procreate portraits — light to deep, with warm mid-tones and cool shadows for believable faces.
Procreate Colour Palettes
A good colour palette does half the work of a drawing. These curated Procreate palettes — skin tones, hair colours, pastel, retro, neon and more — give you harmonious, ready-to-use schemes so you can stop guessing at colour and start painting. Tap any swatch to copy its hex code straight into Procreate's colour panel.
Below the palettes you'll find how to import a .swatches file and how to build your own, so you can grow a colour library that fits the way you work.
Browse colour palettes
Hair Colours
A hair colour palette covering natural blondes, browns, reds and blacks, plus highlight and shadow tones for painting strands.
Pastel Dream
A soft pastel colour palette for Procreate — gentle, desaturated hues perfect for dreamy illustration, lettering and backgrounds.
Retro & Vintage
A retro colour palette of muted, sun-faded tones — mustard, rust, teal and cream — for 70s-inspired and vintage designs.
Neon & Glow
A neon colour palette of electric, saturated hues for glow effects, signage and cyberpunk artwork on a dark canvas.
Botanical Greens
A nature colour palette of leaf, moss and earth tones for botanical illustration, landscapes and organic backgrounds.
Muted Watercolour
A soft, muted watercolour palette of dusty blues, blush and sage for loose, atmospheric washes.
Tip: tap a colour to copy its hex code, then paste it into Procreate’s colour panel under the Value tab.
How to import a palette into Procreate
Procreate colour palettes are .swatches files. To install one, tap the downloaded .swatches file in your Files app — it opens straight into Procreate and appears in the Palettes tab of the colour panel. Alternatively, open the colour panel inside Procreate, switch to Palettes, tap the + button and choose New from File to load it.
To use the palettes on this page right now, just tap a swatch to copy its hex code, open Procreate’s colour panel, go to the Value tab, and paste it into the Hex field. Repeat for each colour, or save them into a new palette as you go.
Building your own colour palette
Custom palettes keep your colours consistent across a whole piece. In the colour panel, open the Palettes tab and tap + to create a new one. You can then tap empty slots to save your current colour, build a palette automatically from a photo (great for matching a reference), or generate one from your canvas to capture the colours you’ve already used.
A few tips: keep working palettes small and harmonious, group them by project, and name them so you can find them fast. Pair a considered palette with the right brushes for your style and even simple artwork looks polished.
Frequently asked questions
How do I import a colour palette into Procreate?+
Tap a .swatches file in your Files app and it opens straight into Procreate, appearing in the Palettes tab of the colour panel. You can also open the colour panel, go to Palettes, tap the + button and choose 'New from File' to load one.
What file format do Procreate palettes use?+
Procreate palettes are .swatches files. Procreate can also import Adobe .aco and .ase swatch files and can create a palette from a photo or from the colours already on your canvas.
Can I make my own colour palette in Procreate?+
Yes. Open the colour panel, go to the Palettes tab, and tap + to create a new palette — then tap empty slots to save your current colour, or build one automatically from a photo or your canvas. It's the best way to keep a scheme consistent across a piece.
What's the best skin tone palette for Procreate?+
A good skin palette runs from light to deep with warm mid-tones and slightly cooler shadows, so you can paint believable faces of any complexion. Our skin tones palette above gives you that range — copy the hex codes to build it in seconds.
Are these palettes free to use?+
Yes — every palette here is free. Copy the hex codes straight into Procreate's colour panel, and use the colours in any personal or commercial artwork you create.