---
title: AFA_Colors
product: Advanced Framework Pro
version: 1.0
engine: Unreal Engine 5.8
updated: 2026-10-05
canonical: https://docs.human-codeable.com/plugins/afa-colors.html
---

Assets

# AFA_Colors

A palette of colour data assets in light, base and dark variants, referenced by UI and highlight code.

#### What it gives you

- A consistent named palette
- Three tones per hue
- Colours as assets rather than literals

#### Requires

None

#### Required by

None

1 assets2 API members

## Description

Colours are data assets rather than literal values so they can be referenced by name across the framework and swapped centrally. Each hue ships in three tones — base, light and dark — covering amber, blue, brown, cyan, gray, green, indigo, lime, orange, pink, purple, red, teal, yellow, plus black and white.

Notification colours, highlight colours and UI accents all reference these rather than hard-coding values.

## Setup

1. Enable `AFA_Colors`.
2. Reference the `DA_Color_*` assets wherever a `PDA_Color` is requested.

## Usage

### Using a colour

Pass the data asset where a `PDA_Color` parameter appears, for example in `Notification_ShowDefaultNotification`.

### Adding your own

Duplicate a shipped colour asset into your project content and edit it.

[![The full palette with names](../images/AFA_Colors_palette-1600.webp?v=a7c01057)](../images/AFA_Colors_palette-1600.webp?v=a7c01057)

The full palette with names

## Key properties

| Property | When to change |
|---|---|
| Colour value | On a duplicate in your own content, never on the shipped assets |

## Extending

Create additional `PDA_Color` assets in your project content.

## Example map

Used throughout the UI and notification examples.

## Troubleshooting

**A colour looks wrong under a theme.** Colour assets are absolute; theme ramps are relative. Use theme colours for anything that should change with the theme.

## API reference

Every blueprint asset in this plugin. Expand an asset to see its members.

### DataAssets

**PDA_Color**2 members

extends `PrimaryDataAsset`

Data asset holding one named linear colour. Widgets and the UI libraries take these rather than raw colours, so a palette can be changed in one place; the shipped set lives alongside it in the colours plugin. Make one per colour worth naming.

| Kind | Name | Signature | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| var | `Color` | `LinearColor` | The colour this asset stands for. Widgets and highlights take their colour from the asset rather than a literal value, so changing it here restyles everything that references it. |
| fn | `getColor` | `(out Color: LinearColor)` | Returns the colour held by this asset. Use it wherever a plain colour value is needed, so the reference to the asset is kept and the value stays in one place. |