# Per-product swatches - Swatchline 1.x documentation

> The product's Swatches tab: a swatch type, colours, second colours and images for one product, also for custom attributes.

> [!NOTE]
> This is part of **Swatchline Pro**.

Swatchline's colours and images belong to an attribute's values, so they're the same on every product. Swatchline Pro adds a **Swatches** tab to variable products for the exceptions: a "Natural" that's really oatmeal on this sweater, a size chart that reads better as buttons here, or a custom attribute that only this product has.

![The product's Swatches tab](https://storage.extendiment.com/media/158/screenshot-3-26127f21.png)

## Set swatches for one product

1. Edit a variable product and open the **Swatches** tab in the **Product data** box.
2. Each attribute used for variations has a box. Choose its **Swatch type** for this product, or leave **The attribute's type** to keep the global one.
3. For Colour, give values their **Colour** (and a **Second colour** for a split swatch). For Image, choose an **Image**. Empty fields use the value's own colour or image, shown next to its name.
4. Click **Update**.

The columns follow the type: colours for Colour, images for Image and Variation image, none for Label and Dropdown.

## Custom attributes

Attributes typed on the product's **Attributes** tab have no terms, so Swatchline alone can only show them as labels. On the Swatches tab they can be Colour or Image swatches with their own colours and images, like global attributes.

## New attributes

The tab lists the attributes the product had when the page loaded. After adding attributes on the Attributes tab, update the product, then set their swatches.

## Without Swatchline Pro

The per-product swatches are stored with the product and kept if Swatchline Pro is deactivated, but Swatchline alone doesn't use them: the product shows the attributes' own swatches (or dropdowns for custom attributes) until Pro is back.

Source: https://www.extendiment.com/plugins/swatchline/docs/1.x/per-product-swatches