NovaStrikes / Blender Addon
PALETTE
MANAGER
PRO
Blender has no persistent color palette system — even Microsoft Paint solved this 20 years ago. Palette Manager Pro brings named, saveable palettes, 250 hand-crafted swatches, and one-click apply directly into the Material tab where you actually work.
NAME.
SAVE.
APPLY.
Create named palettes with named colors, applied to any object with a single click. Your palettes persist across sessions, survive file saves, and never disappear when you close Blender.
On Pro, extract a palette directly from any image file, generate color-theory palettes (Triadic, Complementary, Analogous), and import from Coolors.co to bring your moodboards directly into Blender.
The Gap It Fills
- No Built-in Swatch System Blender's default color picker doesn't save swatches between sessions. Every project starts from scratch.
- No One-Click Apply Matching colors across objects manually is tedious. Palette Manager applies a color to a selected object in one click — no copying hex codes, no Material tab hunting.
- No Color Theory Tools Generating a complementary or triadic scheme means leaving Blender entirely. Pro handles it in-panel.
COLOR
CONTROL
BUILT IN.
Named Palettes & Colors
Create palettes with custom names. Name individual colors too — "Brand Primary," "Shadow Mid," "Sky Rim Light." Organize exactly the way you think.
One-Click Apply to Object
Select any object and click a swatch. The material is created and applied instantly — no Material tab diving, no color picker fumbling.
Persistent Storage
Palettes survive session restarts, file closes, and project switches. Your color library is always there when you return.
250 Hand-Crafted Palettes PRO
250 premium, production-ready palettes built by NovaStrikes — covering film, architecture, nature, brand, vintage, sci-fi and more. Plus monthly drops for Pro users.
Extract Colors from Any Image PRO
Point Palette Manager at any image file and it extracts the dominant colors into a new palette. Bring reference photos and moodboards directly into your workflow.
Coolors.co Integration PRO
Paste a Coolors.co URL and import the entire palette into Blender in one step. Bridge your design tool and 3D software without manual hex copying.
BUILT
TO LAST.
| Feature | Palette Manager Pro | Blender Default | Other Add-ons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Named, persistent palettes | ✓ | ✗ | Partial |
| One-click apply to object | ✓ | ✗ | Varies |
| Image color extraction | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Color theory generator | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Coolors.co import | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 250 built-in palettes | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Monthly palette drops | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Blender Extension compatible | ✓ | N/A | Some report compositor crashes |
| Free to try | ✓ | ✓ | Varies |
FREE /
LITE /
PRO.
FREE
$0- Named palettes & colors
- One-click apply to object
- Persistent storage across sessions
- Basic color picker
- Open source on GitHub
LITE
$4.99- Everything in Free
- Batch apply to multiple objects
- Random palette generator
- Import / export palettes (.json)
- Extended built-in palette library
PRO
$9.99- Everything in Lite
- 250 hand-crafted premium palettes
- Monthly palette drops (included forever)
- Extract colors from any image
- Coolors.co URL import
- Color theory generators (Triadic, Complementary, Analogous)
- Priority support
| Feature | Free | Lite ($4.99) | Pro ($9.99) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Named palettes & colors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| One-click apply to object | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Persistent storage | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch apply to objects | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Random palette generator | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import / export palettes | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 250 built-in palettes | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Monthly palette drops | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Image color extraction | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Coolors.co integration | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Color theory generators | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
BY
NOVASTRIKES.
Palette Manager Pro is developed and maintained by Hamayl Shahbaz, founder of NovaStrikes — an independent studio building professional tools for Blender artists worldwide.
Product Info
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CARE.
AI Assistance Disclosure
Development of Palette Manager Pro involved AI-assisted tools during parts of the authoring process. The addon is structured across five files: __init__.py, properties.py, operators.py, panels.py, and library.py. All features, logic, and final output have been reviewed, tested, and validated by the developer. This disclosure is provided in the interest of transparency, consistent with the listing on Superhive.