Color swatches
How to add color swatches to the Venue theme
Color swatches in Venue by Safe As Milk: automatic native swatches from 18.0.0 on product pages, product cards and Quick Shop.
- Venue Paid theme
- By Safe As Milk
- $380
- Native swatches: yes
- Version 18.2.2
Shopify theme
The Venue Shopify theme.
Venue is a paid Shopify theme by Safe As Milk, $380 in the Shopify Theme Store. The current version is 18.2.2 (June 9, 2026). It supports Shopify's native color swatches from version 18.0.0.
The facts.
From the Shopify Theme Store and Safe As Milk's documentation. A setting we could not confirm in the vendor's own documentation says "not confirmed by the vendor".
Checked
| Theme | Venue |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Safe As Milk |
| Price | $380 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 | 18.2.2 (June 9, 2026) |
| Native color swatches | Yes From version 18.0.0. |
| Variant picker block | No block of that name documented |
| Swatch setting | None required: the theme automatically detects Shopify's native Color attribute (native swatches take priority over theme swatches) |
| Swatches on product cards | None required: native swatches show on product cards, product pages and Quick Shop automatically |
| Theme Store swatch features | Color swatches, swatch filters, combined listings |
| Swatch documentation | Safe As Milk's documentation |
| Last checked | October 23, 2026 |
Image sizes.
The sizes Venue's documentation gives, each linked to its page. The image size checker applies them to your own files.
| Product images | 900 x 900 px Minimum, 1:1 (or 900 wide). Source: Safe As Milk's documentation. |
|---|---|
| Collection images | 1400 x 788 px Minimum, 16:9. Source: Safe As Milk's documentation. |
| Slideshow and hero | 1400 x 788 px Minimum, 16:9; mobile image 800 wide. Source: Safe As Milk's documentation. |
| Blog post images | 1400 x 788 px Minimum, 16:9. Source: Safe As Milk's documentation. |
| Collection list images | 800 x 450 px Override image, 16:9. Source: Safe As Milk's documentation. |
Guides for Venue.
Tool
Theme image size checker
Drop in product photos, banners and logos to check them against Shopify's limits and Venue's documented sizes.
Swatch apps for Venue.
The apps the Venue 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 Venue.
Shopify's own swatches, an app or the code route, with the setting names for this theme.