Color swatches
How to add color swatches to the Broadcast theme
Add color swatches to Broadcast: set Swatches type to Native, pick a swatch style, and choose a Collection style for product cards.
- Broadcast Paid theme
- By Presidio
- $420
- Native swatches: yes
- Version 8.1.1
Shopify theme
The Broadcast Shopify theme.
Broadcast is a paid Shopify theme by Presidio, $420 in the Shopify Theme Store. The current version is 8.1.1 (April 10, 2026). It supports Shopify's native color swatches in versions after 8.0.0.
The facts.
From the Shopify Theme Store and Presidio's documentation. A setting we could not confirm in the vendor's own documentation says "not confirmed by the vendor".
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| Theme | Broadcast |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Presidio |
| Price | $420 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 | 8.1.1 (April 10, 2026) |
| Native color swatches | Yes In versions after 8.0.0. |
| Variant picker block | Variant picker |
| Swatch setting | Theme settings > Swatches > Swatches type: Native (options Theme / Native / None); Swatch style: Circle or Square |
| Swatches on product cards | Theme settings > Swatches > Collection style (Text only, Slider, Slider on hover, Swatch with text, Grid) |
| Theme Store swatch features | Color swatches, swatch filters |
| Swatch documentation | Presidio's documentation |
| Last checked | October 23, 2026 |
Image sizes.
Broadcast's vendor publishes no image sizes we could find, so Shopify's own figures apply. The image size guides list them with their sources.
Guides for Broadcast.
Tool
Theme image size checker
Drop in product photos, banners and logos to check them against Shopify's limits and Broadcast's documented sizes.
Swatch apps for Broadcast.
The apps the Broadcast swatch guide suggests, and what each App Store listing says about theme support (checked October 23, 2026). Ratings and the full comparison are on the color swatch hub.
| App | From | Theme support | Collection pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platmart Color Swatches | $9.99/month | Listing says it works with all themes | Yes |
| Rubik Variant Images & Swatch | $25/month | Listing says it works with all themes | Not listed |
| GLO Color Swatch Variant Image | $9.90/month | Listing says it works with all themes | Yes |
Sources.
Every fact above comes from one of these pages. The swatch guide lists the Shopify help pages its steps rely on.
Set up swatches on Broadcast.
Shopify's own swatches, an app or the code route, with the setting names for this theme.