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Color picker tool stops working, requires page refresh

Carolina McGarity

I’ve noticed this issue for over a year, but it’s particularly bad now so I’m reporting it. 

Issue: If I try to use the color picker tool (either with the control+C hot key or manually by selecting the fill color, then clicking the color picker icon), then I do something else in Figma like type in a couple text boxes, then try to use the color picker again, it doesn’t work. Clicking it does nothing. 

Worth noting that it does seem to work if I use the color picker multiple times in a row without doing else in between. 

Things I tried: breaking components, using hot keys and doing it manually, updating Figma, restarting the app. No luck. 

My interim solution has been to refresh the figma page. But I need to refresh it literally every time I want to use the color picker, which is super tedious. (I’m creating a huge color sheet, I’ve refreshed my page literally 20 times). 

Context: 

  • I’m on a Mac, running macOS Sequoia 15.1.1 
  • Using the Figma desktop app. Figma Desktop App version 124.7.4

5 replies

dvaliao
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  • dvaliao
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  • January 23, 2025

Hey ​@Carolina McGarity, thanks for reaching out and sorry for the trouble! 

This was a bug a while back. May I ask what color profile you’re using?
And if you’re using P3, may I suggest trying to use sRGB instead to see if that helps at all. 

Carolina McGarity

Hey ​@dvaliao, thanks for your quick reply! I’m not familiar with setting color profiles. Do you mean in Figma settings, or device settings? If you have more guidance it would be greatly appreciated! 

dvaliao
Figmate
  • dvaliao
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  • February 11, 2025

Hi ​@Carolina McGarity, so sorry for the delayed reply! 

In Figma Design, you can choose between two color profiles: sRGB and Display P3
You can find which color profile you’re using from the Main Menu > Preferences > Color profile...

 


More information about the supported color profiles in Figma is available here. 

Carolina McGarity

​@dvaliao Great, thanks so much! It appears I’m already using sRGB though, so that must not be the issue. 

dvaliao
Figmate
  • dvaliao
  • Community Support
  • 4591 replies
  • February 11, 2025

You’re welcome, ​@Carolina McGarity! 

Sorry to hear that you were already using sRGB though. Can you please try clearing your desktop app’s cache to see if that resolves the problem?
 
You can clear the desktop app cache on a Mac in the Help menu under Troubleshooting. If you'd prefer to manually clear your cache you can:

  1. Quit the Figma desktop app
  2. Open Terminal.app and enter the following command: rm -rf "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Figma"
  3. Try opening the desktop app again

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