How-To

Color profiles and gradients

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Build gradient palettes, generate colors from a phrase, and use profiles in effects.

Published Jun 6, 2026

Gradients you can reuse everywhere

Open Settings → Colors → Color profiles.

A color profile is a named gradient — multiple color stops you can plug into effects and layers instead of picking one random hue at a time.

Build one by hand

  1. Add profile or pick an existing row.
  2. Drag stops on the gradient bar, or type hex values if you’re picky.
  3. Give it a name you’ll recognize in effect dropdowns.

Or let RGBJunkie guess from a vibe

Type a short mood — “midnight rain”, “sunset beach”, “lawyer office” (we’ve seen worse) — and click Generate profile. RGBJunkie builds a multi-stop gradient from online color lookup when it can, or a built-in palette when you’re offline.

Each profile can keep a phrase field so you can regenerate later if you want a fresh take.

Use profiles in effects

Lots of effects (Fan Tracer layers, and plenty of others) have a color profile dropdown. Pick your gradient instead of a single color or a rainbow sweep.

Still seeing a rainbow after you picked a profile? Double-check it’s selected on the right layer in that effect’s settings — easy to miss.

Profiles vs calibration

Calibration (Settings → Colors → Calibration) fixes hardware that lies about red and green. Profiles are the fun creative part — they don’t fix a tinty strip on their own. See Troubleshooting — wrong colors.