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Kellie3
Jul 31, 2023 5:11 PM UTC

Ability to output a color variable's value in a text layer

Seems you can only add numbers or strings to text layers. It would be great if you could output a color value as text. It’d be really useful for setting up a style guide template that can be updated to different themes.

14 replies

Kyle_Rawding
Jul 31, 2023 9:30 PM UTC

Agreed - have the exact same use case

Feb 10, 2024 1:50 PM UTC

same here, have been searching for workarounds to do this too.

djv
Figmate
Community Support
Feb 12, 2024 10:26 PM UTC

Hey All, thanks for the feedback!

We’ll pass this onto our team for future consideration.

thetallkiwi
Nov 5, 2024 11:10 PM UTC

Same case here, some plugins make a good attempt but the sync between interconnected variables isn’t smooth and that matters to me, would love this addition

SubhanJetquity
New Member
Feb 17, 2025 10:47 AM UTC

I’d like to bump this. I have a very similar use case of providing component definitions with colour variables in light + dark mode variants.

Currently, the only duplicates I have to make are for the text values for the colours, even if I create string variables for each it still allows for regression in the values if I forgot to change both the colour and the text description simultaneously. 

This change could resolve all that, essentially having the ability to “Extract a colour as text”.

Dibakar Jana
New Member
Feb 21, 2025 7:48 AM UTC

It will help a lot to create a Style Guide.

Tom_Hendrickx1
New Participant
Mar 19, 2025 1:10 PM UTC

+1 

Dan_Ma
New Member
Jul 9, 2025 10:54 AM UTC

+1 here too. Google search brought me here.

Would definitely help a lot with Style Guides/Design Libraries especially if you have a load of colours and want to utilise different color themes (light vs dark mode etc)

New Member
Sep 23, 2025 9:03 AM UTC

Big +1 again

Arjun Venkatesh
New Member
Oct 15, 2025 4:29 AM UTC

+1 for use too!