# Step 1: Add a Color Swatch

In this step, you’ll add a color swatch to Mike Ant’s color palette.

To add a color swatch:

1. If the Properties window is not open, select Window > Show Properties. The Properties window appears.

2. Click the Color Palette tab. The Color Palette tab appears with the default set of colors.

3. From the Name drop-list, select mike. This is the Mike Ant color palette, which you can use to organize all of the color swatches for this buggy character.

4. Click the Show Color Name button on the right side of the dialog box, just above the swatch scroll bar. This changes the display to a list of swatches and their names.

5. Select the belt color swatch and click the Add a Color button. A copy of the belt swatch appears in the palette style and it is called New 1 by default. You will edit the properties of this color swatch in the next step.