Updating colours across an entire Canva design doesn’t have to mean editing every element manually. Canva’s Change All feature allows you to replace every instance of a specific colour in just a few clicks. In this tutorial, you’ll learn where to find Change All, how it behaves with element versus text colours, and what to double-check before finalizing your updates.
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There are plenty of reasons you might want to update colours across an entire design. Maybe you’re working with a Canva template and want it to match your brand palette, or you’re refreshing your own branding and need to quickly swap out old colours for new ones. Whatever the reason, Canva’s Change All feature can save you a lot of time, as long as you know where to find it and how it behaves.
Start by clicking on any element in your design that uses the colour you want to replace. This could be a shape, an icon, a line, or a text box if you’re updating font colours. With the element selected, open the colour picker and choose the new colour you want to use. When that new colour is active, look toward the bottom of the colour window. If Canva detects that the original colour appears elsewhere in your design, you’ll see an option labelled Change all. Clicking that will update every instance of that exact colour across the entire design.
One important thing to understand is that Canva treats element colours and text colours separately. So even if the same colour code appears in both, changing all instances of a colour on an element won’t automatically update your font colour.
You’ll need to repeat the process on your text to update those colours as well.
And finally, use a bit of caution. “Change all” is incredibly helpful, but it’s also easy to unintentionally recolour elements you didn’t mean to change. Always take a moment afterward to review your design and make sure everything still looks the way you want it to.
