# Recoloring an animation Apply a preset or custom color palette before adding a Lottie animation to Canva. Recolor an animation when its motion is right but its palette does not match the Canva design. ## Open color controls You can enter recoloring from supported Explore results or from an individual animation preview. If color controls do not appear, the animation may not contain editable vector colors or may use an unsupported feature. ## Apply a preset palette Choose a palette to replace the animation's detected colors together. Preview the entire animation after applying it, because a color can be used in more than one layer or state. ## Create a custom palette 1. Open the custom palette option. 2. Choose up to five colors. 3. Apply the palette. 4. Play and scrub through the result. Use **Reset** to return to the original colors before trying another palette. Custom palette applied to an animation in Canva ## Add or continue editing Click **Add to design** to insert the recolored result. For layer-specific colors, timing, gradients, or more detailed changes, choose **Open in Creator** and continue in [Lottie Creator](/en/integrations/canva/03_customize/editing-in-lottie-creator). ## Limitations - Recoloring replaces detected editable colors; it does not recolor raster images. - Some gradients and complex animation features may not map cleanly to a palette. - State-machine and other advanced dotLottie controls are not exposed in the Canva recolor workflow. ## Related - [Adding an animation to your design](/en/integrations/canva/04_add-to-design/adding-an-animation-to-your-design)