Colours in a design can be used to quickly create alternative colourways in the same design or in co-ordinating designs. This means you can experiment with the same colours on different layers and in different colourways. Copying and pasting is simplest when two or more colourways are visible in the Layout Window.

Copying one colour

1. Add two colourways to the Layout Window.
2. Click on the Selected Tool in the toolbar of the Layout Window, then click on the colour chip you want to copy.
   
   
   
3. From the Edit Menu, select Copy, or use the keyboard shortcut ⌘C.
4. Click on the colour chip you want to paste this colour into in the next colourway.
5. From the Edit Menu, select Paste, or use the keyboard shortcut command V.

Copying one colour to all the other colourways in the design

1. Hold down ^ (control key) and click on the colour you want to copy. A contextual menu item will appear.
2. From the menu which opens, select ‘Copy to other colourways’. The selected colour will be transferred to the same layer position for all other colourways in the design.
3. Click through your other colourways to see the result. Alternatively, tile the colourways across your page to see all you colourways with the new colour in.

Copying more than one colour

1. Click on one of the colour chips to be copied.
2. Hold down ⇧ (shift key) and click on the other colours to be copied. They should all become highlighted.
3. Go to Edit Menu > Copy, or use the keyboard shortcut ⌘C.
4. Select the same number of colours in the second colourway.
5. Go to Edit Menu > Paste, or use the keyboard shortcut ⌘V.

Copying and Pasting all colourways from one design to another

All of the colourways saved with a particular design can be copied and pasted to another design at once. This can be extremely helpful if, for example, you want to copy a complete range of colourways to a co-ordinating design.

1. View your design in the Layout Window and make sure all the layers are visible and active.
2. Highlight all the colour chips on the colourway.
3. Go to Colourway Menu > Copy All Colourways.
4. Open the design you wish to copy the colours to and open its Layout Window.
5. Make all the layers visible and active.
6. Highlight all the colour chips on the colourway.
7. Go to Colourway Menu > Paste All Colourways.

Every colourway that you created in the original design will be transferred to the second design.