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Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

KFung_TLC — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:59:24 GMT

I noticed when I edit the color of a feature on Map Viewer (not the "classic") only the Color Ramp (see attached) is available. I do not see to option of "traditional" Color palette (the one that usually occurred on ArcMap desktop, ArcGIS Pro & "map viewer classic").

It seems that other than Color Ramp, Color Picker is the default--& only option for Map Viewer available. While it is (theoretically) more powerful, in practice it's not that user-friendly--who is going to remember the combination of RGB or HSV of every color they use? Moving the cursor on Color Picker in order to "pick" a good color is too time consuming & impractical.

With the "old fashioned" Color Palette, one can just pick & choose some "standard" color for their mapping purposes. Color ramp on unique value, on the other hand, has too few options.

If not, I just hope ESRI can add the "classic" Color Palette to Map Viewer as an option--who knows when "classic" will retire like the way ArcMap does? (Yes ArcMap is FAR SUPERIOR than ArcGIS Pro--NO APOLOGY)

Ken

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

RussRoberts — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:39:48 GMT

Thanks for your feedback. At this time we do not have plans to add in the MVC color picker. You can save colors you use in Map Viewer and we also present you with recently used colors as well. We also have plans on support color ramps coming from Web Styles.

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

KFung_TLC — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:11:20 GMT

I understand. I just think it doesn't hurt to add the default color palette like ArcGIS Pro/ArcMap/online classic. Allow the users some more option rather than "force" them to maneuver the color picker. Please consider users that need to get things done quickly instead of mandate them.

Thanks

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

KFung_TLC — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:12:39 GMT

BTW I noticed the "Color Ramp" on Map Viewer do not have "Green to Red" option. Is that an issue to add that?

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

RussRoberts — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:44:19 GMT

Can you post a picture of the ramp you are seeing that is not available? We pull ramps in from the JSAPI and can make updates to add new ones.

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

KFung_TLC — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:11:03 GMT

There are roughly about 144 combination of color ramps but none of them are "Red to Green". Since there are too many I just put a screenshot to include the one with "Red to Yellow to Green to Blue".

Is there any way the user can customize the color ramp on MV--like what in ArcPro/ArcMap)?

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

RussRoberts — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:17:40 GMT

Customizing color ramps is on our road map but I don't think it will make it in for the releases this year but sometimes priorities can change so I don't want to say its completely off the table. First would be supporting a color ramp you created in Pro and shared in a web style and other members of your org could use it along with you.

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

LearnThenShare_JC — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:52:04 GMT

Hi @RussRoberts ,

J.D. (Jack Dangermond) usually starts his presentations with something like "...the community spoke and we (Esri) listened..." You (Esri) may be listening, but you are not hearing or understanding very simple feedback. Who is your test audience if it is not the User Community? Who do you run these ideas by that remove fundamentals like a basic/default color palette that has been available since ArcView or earlier? Progress is not removing fundamentals and planning to maybe add them back in the future (cookie cutter response). What is stopping you from adding the default color palette to "New" Map Viewer?

Thank you

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

RussRoberts — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:23:15 GMT

@LearnThenShare_JC we do listen to the community and look at ideas and enhancements that come in daily which is why I am active in this community to listen to this feedback, interact in posts and bring back to the team. As we see requests come through we can and do make updates and changes. This is the first one that has come through asking for the classic color picker and we expose the current color selection for map backgrounds, symbol styling, label styling, effects and its also leveraged in scene viewer for styling as well. From the usage of this in these different areas we haven't heard feedback for a classic color picker. Along with this being used in multiple spots and used in user testing, showcases, blogs describing workflows etc. this has not been a request from the users. This is not saying we wont add it in like I mentioned above and is something we will review.

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

KFung_TLC — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:59:07 GMT

Who knows? Regular users are too busy to their regular works & that issue may get under their radar. Let's be honest, usually those who regularly engage in the "community" are not necessary those rank & file users with busy schedule. I absolutely certain I am not the "first one" who want to raise that issue.

Upgrading the platform doesn't mean we need to remove some good feature that has been welcomed & accepted by the rank & file users.

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

JenniferPsillas — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:17:47 GMT

I would just like to add to the chorus. Having different color palettes between Pro and AGOL is a pain. The standard color palette in Pro should be available everywhere. All of my work is based on that color palette. But In order to make sure everything is consistent between my online maps and other work I produce I have to go to Pro, copy the hex code from the standard color palette, then go to AGOL and paste it in. What should take seconds now takes much longer and it shouldn't be like that.

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

Will — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 19:45:45 GMT

Yes, it would be very helpful to have easier color style/palette transfer options between ArcGIS Pro and AGOL. Another example, our organization has a branding guide with a bunch of standard colors (RGB) that we're supposed to use, and we've created custom style files for these colors for use in ArcGIS Pro, but it would be nice if there was an easy way to get them into AGOL for all our organization users, such as admin setting, etc. Thanks for the consideration.

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

EllenGass5 — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:56:11 GMT

Fully agree with these comments! Picking colors on ArcOnline is so cumbersome. Also, every layer comes in the same blue color, so you have to change every color even if you are just using it for planning purposes, and the color doesn't actually matter. Please make ArcOnline's color picker and random colors when adding layers mimic ArcPro.

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

KFung_TLC — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:22:10 GMT

So any action items to this one? I keep working on Arc online & I didn't notice any additions. Do you REALLY expect the user has to move around the cursor trillion times in order to find the "right color"? Is that such an difficult thing to give user a easier time?

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

RussRoberts — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:40:54 GMT

It is on our road map for color picking to also support having colors be supported in a web style. This way we can introduce standard colors that would match what you see in Pro and you can publish your own set of defined colors that could be shared to your entire org.

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

martin_fugro — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:30:58 GMT

This is a feature that I am looking to use so that my company can easily apply our company color ramps between our ArcGIS Pro products and those that we publish to Portal for ArcGIS.

The impact this has on our business is as follows:

* Using different ramps between Pro and Enterprise dilutes the quality of our published products

* Using the color picker every time is slow and prone to error

* Updating each webmap JSON file to apply a custom color ramp within its rendering parameters is a potential workaround but it's easy to break the webmap in the process and relies on a reasonable level of experience with editing these files to get it right / fix it when it goes wrong.

Re: Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

CalenDaugherty — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:23:00 GMT

I agree that the new map viewer should have a color palette. Yes you can save your favorites, but as others have said it is cumbersome to have to build colors from scratch. Plus, in the slider there is no brown or gray colors. I realize you can build these, but it is much easier to pick a brown or gray from a color palette. Is every user supposed to build a favorite color palette? That is tons of wasted time. I think a good solution would be to use the Pro color palette and let users build custom favorites also.