# Set prices for colour variants

> Use the Variant & Price tab to check each colour of a material, rename a colour, and give a colour its own price or quantity breaks.

Source: https://docs.vestislabs.com/library/material-variant-price/

The **Variant & Price** tab of a material lists every colour of the material with its price. By default each colour follows the price of the material. Here you can change that for a single colour, for example when a dyed colour costs more.

**Where to find it:** Library → Materials → (open a material) → Variant & Price

**Requires:** permission `UPDATE_PRODUCT,VIEW_PRODUCT`

## Before you start

- The material needs at least one colour. Add colours on the **Details** tab (see [Open and edit a material](https://docs.vestislabs.com/library/material-detail-and-edit/)).
- The currency and the price unit belong to the material. You cannot change them for a single colour.

> [!NOTE]
> If the material is a public material of another brand, the tab is read-only: every button is disabled.

## What the tab shows

On the left, a card holds the material images (.jpeg, .jpg, .png or .svg, up to 3 MB each). Adding or removing a picture here is saved at once, with "Updating product..." followed by "Product updated successfully".

On the right, **Color Variants & Pricing** shows one card per colour:

- the colour swatch, its name, and its code and Pantone code;
- a badge, **Color Library** (the colour comes from your colour palette) or **Custom Color**;
- the price of that colour, with an **Edit pricing** button.

The line under the heading reads "Prices are synced from the Main section. You can modify individual variant prices below." The Main section is the **Details** tab.

If the material has no colours, you see "No color variants found for this product. Add colors in the Main section first."

## Rename a colour

1. **Click the pencil icon**
   Click the pencil icon next to the colour name. The **Edit Color** dialog opens.

   ![The Edit Color dialog opened with the pencil icon next to the colour name](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/library/assets/material-variant-price/60-edit-color.webp)

2. **Change the details**
   Edit the **Name** (required), the **Code** and the **Pantone Code**.

3. **Click "Save"**
   Click **Save**. The change is saved to the material.

> [!NOTE]
> For a colour with the **Color Library** badge, the fields are locked. Change it from your colour palette instead, or from the colour's menu on the **Details** tab.

## Give a colour its own price

A colour that follows the material shows the material price in a lighter style with the note "Inherits material pricing — edit to set a price for this colour".

1. **Click "Edit pricing"**
   On the colour card, click **Edit pricing**. The dialog is titled "Edit pricing" followed by the colour name.

   ![The Edit pricing dialog for the colour, with the Follow material pricing option](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/library/assets/material-variant-price/62-edit-pricing.webp)

2. **Uncheck "Follow material pricing"**
   Uncheck **Follow material pricing** ("This colour uses the material's price and updates when it changes"). The fields unlock with a copy of the material pricing to start from.

   ![The Edit pricing dialog with Follow material pricing unchecked and the price fields unlocked](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/library/assets/material-variant-price/63-unlock-pricing.webp)

3. **Choose how the colour is priced**
   Under **Pricing**, select **Single price** and enter a **Price** and an **Additional cost**, or select **Quantity breaks** and fill the table. The fields work as described in [Set quantity-break pricing for a material](https://docs.vestislabs.com/library/material-price-tiers/).

   ![The Pricing choice with Single price selected, showing the Price and Additional cost fields](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/library/assets/material-variant-price/64-own-pricing.webp)

4. **Click "Save"**
   Click **Save**. The colour card now shows its own price and the note disappears. The change is saved at once.

## Make a colour follow the material again

Open **Edit pricing** on the colour, check **Follow material pricing** and click **Save**. The colour stores no price of its own and shows the material price again, including any quantity breaks, and updates whenever the material changes.

If you save an override that has no price, no additional cost and no tiers, the colour also goes back to following the material.

## Troubleshooting

**Save does nothing and an error message appears.** A field elsewhere on the material is not valid, for example an unnamed colour or a media row without a title. The message names the field. Fix it on the **Details** tab.

**The price of an inheriting colour looks out of date.** Reload the tab. It reads the latest saved price of the material each time it opens.

## Related

- [Set quantity-break pricing for a material](https://docs.vestislabs.com/library/material-price-tiers/)
- [Every field on the material form](https://docs.vestislabs.com/library/material-form-fields/)