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Color swatch guide

How to add color swatches to the Be Yours theme.

Be Yours is a paid theme listed under RoarTheme, $350 in the Theme Store and at version 9.5.1 (September 17, 2026) as of October 23, 2026. It offers three swatch sources, variant images, custom and native, and you pick Native separately for the product page and for product tiles. The variant picker has to use the Pills type for swatches to show.

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Which route fits Be Yours?

Route 1

Shopify's native swatches.

  1. Give each product a category

    In Products, open a product and choose the most specific match in the Category field. Categories come from Shopify's Standard Product Taxonomy, and picking one adds that category's attributes to the product as category metafields. You want a category that lists Color (or a color attribute such as Frame color or Band color). If Color is missing under Category metafields, try a narrower category.

  2. Add the colors you sell

    Under Category metafields, open Color and select every color your variants come in. Each color is a reusable entry. You can rename an entry, set its exact hex value or upload a pattern image later in Content > Metaobjects, and the change shows everywhere that entry is used.

  3. Link the Color option to the metafield

    In the Variants section, add an option and pick Color from the suggestions so its values come from the entries you just chose. If the product already has a Color option, open it, use the connect icon beside the option name and choose the Color category metafield. Swatches only appear for options linked this way, so do this on every product you want swatches on in Be Yours.

  4. Set the Variant picker to Pills and Native

    In the theme editor, open the product template's Main product section and select the Variant picker block. Set its type to Pills, then set Swatch source to Native. Swatches only show with the Pills type.

  5. Turn on swatches for product tiles

    Open Theme settings > Product tiles, turn on Enable swatches feature, and set Swatch source to Native there too.

  6. Check it on a real product page

    Save, then open a product in a private browser window and on your phone. Click each swatch and confirm the price, photo and stock message change with it. If Be Yours shows plain text buttons instead, go back to the linking step: the option is probably not linked to the Color category metafield yet.

Route 2

A swatch app.

Be Yours already shows swatches on product pages and product cards, so an app is for extras. Platmart Color Swatches joins separate products into one color picker, Rubik Variant Images & Swatch shows only the chosen color's photos, and GLO Color Swatch Variant Image adds product grouping and a hide-sold-out option.

  1. Duplicate Be Yours first

    In Online Store > Themes, open the menu beside Be Yours and choose Duplicate. Set up the app on the copy, preview it, and publish the copy only when the swatches look right. Your live store keeps working while you test.

  2. Install the app and start its trial or free plan

    Install the app from the Shopify App Store and approve the access it asks for. Every app suggested on this page had a free plan, a free listing or a free trial of 7 to 30 days when we checked on October 23, 2026, so you can test before you pay.

  3. Switch on the app embed

    Open the theme editor on your copy (Online Store > Themes, then Customize or Edit theme), click the App embeds icon in the left sidebar, switch on the app's embed and click Save.

  4. Match each color name to a swatch

    In the app's own settings, give each color name a hex value or a small image. Apps read your option values as text, so Navy on one product and Navy Blue on another need two swatches. Tidy the names first and you only set each color once.

  5. Avoid two sets of swatches

    If the app draws its own swatches, turn off Enable swatches feature.

  6. Preview a product page and a collection page

    Use the theme editor preview, then a phone, to check both page types in Be Yours. If the app adds collection-page swatches, click one on a product card and confirm the card's photo or link changes to that color.

Apps that fit Be Yours

Swatch apps for Be Yours, from each App Store listing on October 23, 2026
AppFromRatingWhat it does
Platmart Color Swatches $9.99/month 5.0 (144 reviews) Made for stores that list each color as its own product: it joins them into one listing with swatches and lists collection-page support.
Rubik Variant Images & Swatch $25/month 5.0 (495 reviews) Best known for showing only the selected color's photos, with swatches included and ThemeForest themes named under Works with, but paid plans start at $25 a month.
GLO Color Swatch Variant Image $9.90/month 4.9 (1,906 reviews) A dedicated swatch app whose free plan already covers collection-page swatches and hiding sold-out options; image swatches start on the $9.90 Silver plan.

Prices and ratings change often; check the listing before you install. This site is not affiliated with any of these publishers.

Alternatives: Variants King & Color Swatch also groups separate products by color, and FB Variant Image, Color Swatch is free. Both were listed in the Shopify App Store on October 23, 2026.

Route 3

Editing the theme code.

You don't need to edit code for swatches in Be Yours. Be Yours reads native swatches once Swatch source is set to Native.

Collection pages.

Be Yours shows swatches on product tiles once Enable swatches feature is on and Swatch source is Native in Theme settings > Product tiles.

  1. Turn on tile swatches

    Open Theme settings > Product tiles, turn on Enable swatches feature, and set Swatch source to Native.

  2. Add color filters with swatches (optional)

    The Theme Store lists swatch filters for Be Yours (checked October 23, 2026). Open the Search & Discovery app, go to Filters > Add filter, choose Color with the type Category metafield, then open Manage values and turn on Include swatch. For patterns, turn on Use images when available so the filter shows each entry's image.

Be Yours at a glance.

The theme's facts from the Shopify Theme Store and RoarTheme's documentation, checked October 23, 2026. Anything we could not confirm says so.

Full Be Yours profile Check images against Be Yours' sizes
Be Yours: theme facts
Theme Be Yours
Vendor RoarTheme
Price $350 One-time license price in the Shopify Theme Store, in US dollars, checked October 23, 2026.
Free or paid Paid
Where it is sold Shopify Theme Store
Status Current theme
Online Store 2.0 Yes
Current version 9.5.1 (September 17, 2026)
Native color swatches Yes
Variant picker block Variant picker
Swatch setting Product template > Main product > Variant picker block > Swatch source: Native (variant picker type must be Pills)
Swatches on product cards Theme settings > Product tiles > Swatch source: Native (also turn on Theme settings > Product tiles > Enable swatches feature)
Theme Store swatch features Color swatches, swatch filters, combined listings
Swatch documentation RoarTheme's documentation
Last checked October 23, 2026

Swatch problems on Be Yours, and fixes.

  • Swatches not showing

    Work through three checks in order: the product has a category that includes Color, its Color option is linked to the Color category metafield, and the swatch setting is on in Be Yours. In Be Yours, check the Variant picker type is Pills and Swatch source is Native; a dropdown picker won't show swatches.

  • Wrong colors

    A native swatch takes its color from the entry in Content > Metaobjects, not from the color's name. Open the entry, correct the hex value and save, and every product linked to it updates at once. If two products show different shades of the same color, they're probably linked to two separate entries, so point both at one.

  • Pattern or image swatches

    Upload a square image to the color's entry. Crop it to the fabric or finish itself rather than a product photo, because at swatch size a busy photo turns into a blur. Multicolor has no preset hex value, so it always needs an image. Be Yours can also build swatches from variant images; for patterns, an image on the color's entry gives a cleaner sample.

  • Out-of-stock variants

    How a sold-out color looks is decided by the variant picker in Be Yours, so test it: set one color to zero stock and open the product. If you'd rather hide sold-out colors completely, Color Swatch Pug and GLO Color Swatch Variant Image both list that option (checked October 23, 2026).

  • Speed

    Native swatches are drawn by Be Yours itself, so they add no app script to your pages. A hex swatch costs nothing extra to load; an image swatch adds one small image per color, so keep those files small. The swatch loading speed guide shows how to measure a collection page before and after a change.

Be Yours swatch questions.

Why aren't swatches showing in my Be Yours variant picker?

RoarTheme says the picker must use the Pills type. Set it to Pills, then set Swatch source to Native.

What are Be Yours' swatch sources?

Variant images, Custom and Native. Native uses Shopify's category metafields, Custom uses the theme's own color list, and Variant images uses each variant's photo.

How do I show swatches on Be Yours collection pages?

Turn on Theme settings > Product tiles > Enable swatches feature, and set Swatch source to Native there.

Who makes Be Yours?

The Theme Store lists Be Yours under the designer name kumi, with RoarTheme as the vendor text and website. Its docs are on roartheme.co.

Which Be Yours version supports native swatches?

RoarTheme doesn't name a first version in the article we read. The Theme Store listed Be Yours 9.5.1 from September 17, 2026 on October 23, 2026.

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