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Oscar
New Participant
February 24, 2021

Apply library colors to drop shadow

Why is this not possible?

14 replies

iago
New Participant
March 30, 2025

do you mean this? 

 

Kirtanya_Kardum
New Member
March 30, 2025

It’s 2025. How is this not implemented yet? 

It’s a basic function of design process to apply a colour from a library.  

Bro they implemented this thing way back

Brian Edelman
New Member
April 5, 2025

Not sure what I’m doing wrong then?? This is what I get for drop shadow (and inner shadow):

 

But the fill works as it should: 

 

Both are with the same shape on the canvas selected. Same for text objects as well.  

 

Kirtanya_Kardum
New Member
April 5, 2025

Not sure what I’m doing wrong then?? This is what I get for drop shadow (and inner shadow):

 

But the fill works as it should: 

 

Both are with the same shape on the canvas selected. Same for text objects as well.  

 

You are using styles bro, switch to color variables, styles where outdated 2 year ago
You can use this plugin to convert your existing styles to variables https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1253585487427690087/styles-to-variables-converter