Color swatches
How to add color swatches to the Kalles theme
Add color swatches to Kalles by The4: the Shopify Metaobject Color, the Variant Picker block, and options for collection pages.
- Kalles Paid theme
- By The4
- $89
- Native swatches: yes
- Version 5.4.2
Shopify theme
The Kalles Shopify theme.
Kalles is a paid Shopify theme by The4, sold on ThemeForest for $89. The current version is 5.4.2 (May 22, 2026). It supports Shopify's native color swatches.
The facts.
From the Shopify Theme Store and The4's documentation. A setting we could not confirm in the vendor's own documentation says "not confirmed by the vendor".
Checked
| Theme | Kalles |
|---|---|
| Vendor | The4 |
| Price | $89 ThemeForest regular license, including Envato's buyer fee, checked October 23, 2026. Prices on ThemeForest can change without notice. |
| Free or paid | Paid |
| Where it is sold | Sold on ThemeForest |
| Status | Current theme |
| Online Store 2.0 | Yes |
| Current version | 5.4.2 (May 22, 2026) |
| Native color swatches | Yes |
| Variant picker block | Variant Picker |
| Swatch setting | Assign a product category and a Color option (Shopify Metaobject Color), then Theme editor > Product page > add the "Variant Picker" block; swatch type: Product page > Main product > Variant picker > Color selector type |
| Swatches on product cards | No setting documented |
| Swatch documentation | The4's documentation |
| Last checked | October 23, 2026 |
Image sizes.
Kalles'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 Kalles.
Tool
Theme image size checker
Drop in product photos, banners and logos to check them against Shopify's limits and Kalles' documented sizes.
Swatch apps for Kalles.
The apps the Kalles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| OP Color Swatch Variant Images | $11.90/month | Listing offers theme setup help, names no themes | Not listed |
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 Kalles.
Shopify's own swatches, an app or the code route, with the setting names for this theme.