Custom palettes

Beyond the bundled brand charts, you can add your own palettes — for a brand Octostitch doesn’t ship, or for a pared-down chart of just the threads you keep in stock.

Palette format

A palette is a JSON file with a name and a list of colours. Each colour has a numeric id (the thread code), a name, and a hex value:

{
  "name": "My Studio Threads",
  "colors": [
    { "id": 15,   "name": "White",       "hex": "#FFFFFF" },
    { "id": 1902, "name": "Spanish Red",  "hex": "#B01E2D" },
    { "id": 3444, "name": "Deep Navy",    "hex": "#1B2A4A" }
  ]
}

Octostitch loads every palette file it finds at startup and lists them (sorted by name) in the thread bar’s Library dropdown, alongside the bundled brands.

Adding a palette

For now, palettes are loaded from the palettes folder in Octostitch’s installed resources, alongside the bundled brand charts. Drop a .json file in the format above into that folder and restart the app so it’s picked up; it then appears in the Library dropdown. A palette is also a self-contained file, so you can share one by sending someone the .json to drop into their own palettes folder.

Note

Editing files in the app’s resources folder is the interim approach — there’s no dedicated user palettes folder or in-app import yet. A friendlier way to add and share palettes is planned.

Tip

The quickest way to start is to copy one of the bundled palette files, rename it, and edit the name and colors — that guarantees the structure is right.