Color swatches
How to add color swatches to the Showcase theme
Color swatches in the Showcase theme: Swatches to display, product grid swatches, and what to redo after the 10.0.0 update.
- Showcase Paid theme
- By Clean Canvas
- $400
- Native swatches: yes
- Version 10.2.0
Shopify theme
The Showcase Shopify theme.
Showcase is a paid Shopify theme by Clean Canvas, $400 in the Shopify Theme Store. The current version is 10.2.0 (April 1, 2026). It supports Shopify's native color swatches in versions after 10.0.0.
The facts.
From the Shopify Theme Store and Clean Canvas' documentation. A setting we could not confirm in the vendor's own documentation says "not confirmed by the vendor".
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| Theme | Showcase |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Clean Canvas |
| Price | $400 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 | 10.2.0 (April 1, 2026) |
| Native color swatches | Yes In versions after 10.0.0. |
| Variant picker block | Variant picker |
| Swatch setting | Theme settings > Swatches > Swatches to display: Shopify |
| Swatches on product cards | Theme settings > Swatches > Show swatches in product grid (optional: Show single swatch in product grid) |
| Theme Store swatch features | Color swatches, swatch filters, combined listings |
| Swatch documentation | Clean Canvas' documentation |
| Last checked | October 23, 2026 |
Image sizes.
The sizes Showcase's documentation gives, each linked to its page. The image size checker applies them to your own files.
| General advice | No fixed size No fixed pixel sizes: "Upload the largest version possible"; max upload 20 MB. Source: Clean Canvas' documentation. |
|---|---|
| Favicon | No fixed size Theme Settings > Favicon; PNG; no pixel size stated. Source: Clean Canvas' documentation. |
| Swatch images (older swatch method) | 40 x 40 px Custom swatch PNG for pre-10.0.0 "Uploaded image" method, "approximately 40px by 40px". Source: Clean Canvas' documentation. |
Guides for Showcase.
Tool
Theme image size checker
Drop in product photos, banners and logos to check them against Shopify's limits and Showcase's documented sizes.
Swatch apps for Showcase.
The apps the Showcase 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 |
More from Clean Canvas.
Other themes by Clean Canvas with profiles here:
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 Showcase.
Shopify's own swatches, an app or the code route, with the setting names for this theme.