Color swatches
How to add color swatches to the Symmetry theme
Add color swatches to Symmetry by Clean Canvas: Swatches to display, the variant picker style, product card and collection filter swatches.
Shopify theme
Symmetry is a paid Shopify theme by Clean Canvas, $420 in the Shopify Theme Store. The current version is 8.3.2 (July 3, 2026). It supports Shopify's native color swatches in versions after 7.3.0.
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".
| Theme | Symmetry |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Clean Canvas |
| 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 | 8.3.2 (July 3, 2026) |
| Native color swatches | Yes In versions after 7.3.0. |
| Variant picker block | Variant picker |
| Swatch setting | Theme settings > Swatches > Swatches to display: Shopify (options None / Shopify / Theme); then, in the swatch guide's Variant picker settings, Swatch variant picker style: Buttons / Icon-square / Icon-circle / Dropdown |
| Swatches on product cards | Theme settings > Swatches > Product card > Enable swatches in product cards |
| Swatches in collection filters | Theme settings > Swatches > Collection filter > Enable swatches in collection filter |
| Theme Store swatch features | Color swatches, swatch filters, combined listings |
| Swatch documentation | Clean Canvas' documentation |
| Last checked | October 23, 2026 |
The sizes Symmetry'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"; keep slideshow images identical in dimensions; max upload 20 MB. Source: Clean Canvas' documentation. |
|---|---|
| Favicon | No fixed size Theme Settings > Favicon; PNG format; no pixel size stated. Source: Clean Canvas' documentation. |
Color swatches
Add color swatches to Symmetry by Clean Canvas: Swatches to display, the variant picker style, product card and collection filter swatches.
Tool
Drop in product photos, banners and logos to check them against Shopify's limits and Symmetry's documented sizes.
The apps the Symmetry 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 |
Other themes by Clean Canvas with profiles here:
Every fact above comes from one of these pages. The swatch guide lists the Shopify help pages its steps rely on.
Shopify's own swatches, an app or the code route, with the setting names for this theme.