# Configuring custom color palettes

Admins can define **custom color palettes** for [styling maps in Builder](/carto-user-manual/maps/layers.md#fill-color). This feature allows organizations to set up their own predefined color schemes, removing the need to manually add custom colors in each new map.

Custom color palettes can range from **3 to 20 steps** and can be of any type: diverging, sequential, qualitative or singlehue.

## Managing custom color palettes

To create a custom color palette, head to the *Customizations* section of the Settings, where you will find the custom color palette editor:

<figure><img src="/files/CDTv0Bi1nfTM47xhkRdB" alt=""><figcaption><p>Custom color palette editor in the Settings</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/U5ijCwvOkXz3wKJxU2GB" alt=""><figcaption><p>Detailed view of a custom palette</p></figcaption></figure>

Custom color palettes **can't be modified**, but they can be duplicated and deleted. If a custom palette is deleted, the maps where it is applied will not be altered, but users will not be able to apply the palette again.

## Applying custom color palettes

Once created, custom palettes can be used in Builder if the required palette **type** matches and the number of color **steps** is less than or equal to the number of steps in the saved custom palette.

<figure><img src="/files/lzSWlpdKzR1nUiTQIm0Q" alt=""><figcaption><p>Applying a custom palette in Builder</p></figcaption></figure>


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