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Animated color palette reveal for After Effects. Swap your hex codes, hit render, that’s it.
Spectrum is ten horizontal bars that slide in with staggered timing, each displaying the color name, HEX, RGB, and CMYK values.
Change your colors once. Every comp updates automatically.
Three orientations included:
Landscape (16:9) for presentations and portfolios
Vertical (9:16) for Reels and TikTok
Portrait (4:5) for Instagram feed.
What's inside:
Spectrum.aep project file
Color Controls comp with 10 editable swatches
Auto-calculated HEX, RGB, and CMYK values
Quick-Start Guide PDF
Commercial license included
Renders:
16x9 (1920x1080)
9x16 (1080x1920)
4x5 (1080x1350)
Works with After Effects CC 2020 and later.
No plugins required.
Liquid metaball text morph. Each color melts into the next.
Spotlight turns your color palette into a liquid reveal. Each color takes over the full screen while the color name melts apart into organic blobs and reforms into the next.
The effect is built with Gaussian Blur and Levels on the alpha channel. No plugins, no expressions to manage. Just swap your colors and render.
Three orientations included:
Landscape (16:9) for presentations and portfolios
Vertical (9:16) for Reels and TikTok
Portrait (4:5) for Instagram feed.
What's inside:
Spotlight.aep project file
Color Controls comp with 10 editable swatches
Auto-displayed hex codes
Quick-Start Guide PDF
Commercial license included
Render
16x9 (1920x1080)
9x16 (1080x1920)
4x5 (1080x1350)
Change the font to anything you want bold condensed fonts like Anton, Bebas Neue, or Impact give the best blob separation. Thin fonts still work but the metaball effect is more subtle.
Works with After Effects CC 2020 and later. No plugins required.
Blueprint turns each color into it’s own moment. Colors bloom from the center like a metaball gradient.
Six color slots. Edit once, all three comps update.
What's inside:
Blueprint.aep project file
Color Controls comp with 10 editable swatches
Auto-displayed hex codes
Quick-Start Guide PDF
Commercial license included
Render
16x9 (1920x1080)
9x16 (1080x1920)
4x5 (1080x1350)
Works with After Effects CC 2020 and later.
No plugins required.
Colors push through from every direction, then stack into bars.
Matrix is a two-act color animation. First, each color takes over the full screen, then each color rises from the bottom, compressing the ones above it into stacked horizontal bars until your full palette is displayed together.
Six color slots. Edit once, all three comps update.
Three orientations included:
Landscape (16:9) for presentations and portfolios
Vertical (9:16) for Reels and TikTok
Portrait (4:5) for Instagram feed.
What's inside:
Matrix.aep project file
Color Controls comp with 10 editable swatches
Auto-calculated HEX, RGB, and CMYK values
Quick-Start Guide PDF
Commercial license included
Renders:
16x9 (1920x1080)
9x16 (1080x1920)
4x5 (1080x1350)
Works with After Effects CC 2020 and later.
No plugins required.
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Blueprint turns each color into it’s own moment. Colors bloom from the center like a metaball gradient.
Six color slots. Edit once, all three comps update.
What's inside:
Blueprint.aep project file
Color Controls comp with 10 editable swatches
Auto-displayed hex codes
Quick-Start Guide PDF
Commercial license included
Render
16x9 (1920x1080)
9x16 (1080x1920)
4x5 (1080x1350)
Works with After Effects CC 2020 and later.
No plugins required.
Animated color palette reveal for After Effects. Swap your hex codes, hit render, that’s it.
Spectrum is ten horizontal bars that slide in with staggered timing, each displaying the color name, HEX, RGB, and CMYK values.
Change your colors once. Every comp updates automatically.
Three orientations included:
Landscape (16:9) for presentations and portfolios
Vertical (9:16) for Reels and TikTok
Portrait (4:5) for Instagram feed.
What's inside:
Spectrum.aep project file
Color Controls comp with 10 editable swatches
Auto-calculated HEX, RGB, and CMYK values
Quick-Start Guide PDF
Commercial license included
Renders:
16x9 (1920x1080)
9x16 (1080x1920)
4x5 (1080x1350)
Works with After Effects CC 2020 and later.
No plugins required.
Liquid metaball text morph. Each color melts into the next.
Spotlight turns your color palette into a liquid reveal. Each color takes over the full screen while the color name melts apart into organic blobs and reforms into the next.
The effect is built with Gaussian Blur and Levels on the alpha channel. No plugins, no expressions to manage. Just swap your colors and render.
Three orientations included:
Landscape (16:9) for presentations and portfolios
Vertical (9:16) for Reels and TikTok
Portrait (4:5) for Instagram feed.
What's inside:
Spotlight.aep project file
Color Controls comp with 10 editable swatches
Auto-displayed hex codes
Quick-Start Guide PDF
Commercial license included
Render
16x9 (1920x1080)
9x16 (1080x1920)
4x5 (1080x1350)
Change the font to anything you want bold condensed fonts like Anton, Bebas Neue, or Impact give the best blob separation. Thin fonts still work but the metaball effect is more subtle.
Works with After Effects CC 2020 and later. No plugins required.
Colors push through from every direction, then stack into bars.
Matrix is a two-act color animation. First, each color takes over the full screen, then each color rises from the bottom, compressing the ones above it into stacked horizontal bars until your full palette is displayed together.
Six color slots. Edit once, all three comps update.
Three orientations included:
Landscape (16:9) for presentations and portfolios
Vertical (9:16) for Reels and TikTok
Portrait (4:5) for Instagram feed.
What's inside:
Matrix.aep project file
Color Controls comp with 10 editable swatches
Auto-calculated HEX, RGB, and CMYK values
Quick-Start Guide PDF
Commercial license included
Renders:
16x9 (1920x1080)
9x16 (1080x1920)
4x5 (1080x1350)
Works with After Effects CC 2020 and later.
No plugins required.
The complete collection. All four color animation templates, every aspect ratio, one purchase.
— Spectrum — Animated horizontal color bands with full HEX, RGB, and CMYK specs. The clean editorial classic.
— Spotlight — Liquid metaball text morph. Each color name melts into the next with organic blob transitions.
— Matrix — Two-phase animation. Colors push through full screen from every direction, then stack into bars.
— Blueprint — Dreamy metaball burst. Colors bloom from the center like a soft gradient until they fill the frame.
What's inside
4 After Effects project files
12 render comps (3 orientations × 4 templates)
4 Color Controls comps
4 Quick-Start Guides
Commercial license for all four
Works with After Effects CC 2020 and later.
No plugins required.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Adobe After Effects CC 2020 or later. No third-party plugins required for any of the templates.
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After checkout, you'll get an instant download link. Each template comes as a ZIP with the .aep project file, a Quick-Start Guide PDF, and the license. Open it in After Effects and you're ready to go.
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Yes. Every template includes a Commercial License. Use rendered outputs in unlimited client projects, agency work, and freelance deliverables.
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Each template has a Color Controls comp where you drop in your hex codes. Change them once and every render comp updates automatically.
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Yes. Open any text layer and swap to any font installed on your machine. Bold condensed fonts work best for the morph and burst templates.
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