--- title: "Colour cards in the customiser sidebar - Sign Customiser Changelog" description: "Changelog: Colour cards in the customiser sidebar. Learn about the latest updates and improvements to Sign Customiser." url: "https://www.signcustomiser.com/changelog/colour-cards-for-each-sign-part/" last_updated: "2026-10-09" --- The customiser sidebar has a new layout for signs with more than one colour choice for their parts. Before, each choice was a small icon tile in a row. The name showed only in a tooltip and above the swatches of the selected choice. Now each colour choice has its own card. Most cards are for one part of the sign, such as the tube or the face. On a lightbox, the Face and Border parts can share one card when they have the same colour options. The card shows the name, an icon and an arrow. On neon and letter signs, the icon shows the current colour. Only one card is open at a time. The open card contains the colour swatches for that choice. Customisers with only one colour choice for their parts keep the same colour section layout. Other colour sections, such as the backboard colour, also keep the same layout. ![Neon customiser sidebar with the heading "Choose your colours", the Tube Colour card open to show its colour swatches, and the UV Print Colour card closed below it](/_astro/changelog-colour-cards-for-each-sign-part.CpVxQCYi_Z22C5R8.webp) Neon signs have new icons for the tube colour and UV print parts. The tube icon is a neon tube on a backboard outline. The UV print icon is the same backboard shape, filled with colour. Both icons change to the selected colour, including multi-colour options. Icons in white and other very light colours have a thin grey outline. This outline keeps the icon visible on a white background. The Face, Side, Trim and Halo icons for letter signs also have this outline. ![Neon customiser sidebar with the heading "Choose your colours", the UV Print Colour card open and Yellow selected, and a white tube icon with a thin grey outline on the closed Tube Colour card](/_astro/changelog-colour-cards-for-each-sign-part-uv-print.U1JAtkTR_MChvd.webp) When a part uses more than one colour, the card shows a badge with the number of colours. For designs from the AI sign designer, the Restore original colours swatch now shows a palette with a reset arrow. Its three paint spots show colours from the original design. When a part uses its original colours, the swatch is selected and the colour name is “Original Colours”. This applies to the tube, UV print, face, trim and halo parts. ![Neon customiser sidebar for an AI sign designer design with the Restore original colours swatch selected, the colour name "Original Colours", and a badge with the number 4 on the Tube Colour and UV Print Colour cards](/_astro/changelog-colour-cards-for-each-sign-part-original-colours.zs734wh1_pB1dA.webp) The cards are available on neon, letter and lightbox signs with more than one colour choice for their parts. In our demo customisers, acrylic channel letters have Face Colour, Side Colour, Trim Colour and Halo Light cards. Metal signs have Face / Front Lit and Back Lit cards. Lightboxes have Face, Border and Internal Light cards. Most cards use the title and description you set for that colour part. If you do not set a title, the card uses a default part name. A shared Face and Border card shows the Face description. Above the cards, the sidebar shows a heading with a title and a description. We added default text for neon, letter and lightbox signs. For example, neon signs show “Choose your colours”, letter signs show “Choose your letter colours” and lightboxes show “Choose your lightbox colours”. When the customiser shows step numbers, the heading has one step number for all the cards. If you set a title or a description before this update, we did not change it. To change the heading, open the colour page of a sign part, for example Tube Colors or UV Colors. Then edit the Colour heading title and Colour heading description fields. All colour parts of a customiser use the same heading. On letter signs, you can also edit the heading on the Letter Types page. On lightboxes, you can also edit it on the Lightbox Types page. If you delete the text in both fields, the heading does not show. ![Channel letter customiser sidebar with the heading "Choose your letter colours", Face Colour, Side Colour, Trim Colour and Halo Light cards, and the Face Colour card open](/_astro/changelog-colour-cards-for-each-sign-part-channel-letters.ChQx56mz_ZLu87X.webp)![Lightbox customiser sidebar with the heading "Choose your lightbox colours", Face, Border and Internal Light cards, and the Face card open with colour swatches and an image upload area](/_astro/changelog-colour-cards-for-each-sign-part-lightbox.DK3Q7gCF_2jexQH.webp) On phones, the cards use the same layout. On phones and tablets, we also removed extra space above the first sidebar section. This space showed when a section above it was empty. ![Neon customiser on a phone-width screen with the Tube Colour card open and the UV Print Colour card below it](/_astro/changelog-colour-cards-for-each-sign-part-mobile.BNWz1EuT_Z2q4MGE.webp) ## What’s Changed - **One card for each colour choice**Each colour choice for a sign part has a card with a name and an icon. On neon and letter signs, the icon shows the current colour. On a lightbox, the Face and Border parts can share one card. - **One open card at a time**Customers open a card to see its swatches. The other cards stay closed. - **Colour heading**A heading with a title and a description shows above the cards. Neon, letter and lightbox signs have default text. You can change or delete this text on the colour page of each sign part. - **Your titles and descriptions**Most cards show the title and description that you set for each colour part. - **New neon icons**The tube colour and UV print parts have new neon icons that change to the selected colour. - **Outline for light colours**Neon and letter sign icons in white and other very light colours have a thin grey outline. - **Colour count badge**A card shows the number of colours when its part uses more than one colour. - **Restore original colours swatch**For AI sign designer designs, the swatch shows colours from the original design. When a tube, UV print, face, trim or halo part uses its original colours, the swatch is selected and the name is “Original Colours”. - **Single colour choice**A customiser with only one colour choice for its parts keeps the same colour section layout. - **Phone and tablet spacing**We removed extra space above the first sidebar section when a section above it was empty. - [feature](/changelog/tag/feature/) - [fix](/changelog/tag/fix/) - [neon](/changelog/tag/neon/) - [acrylic](/changelog/tag/acrylic/) - [metal](/changelog/tag/metal/) - [lightbox](/changelog/tag/lightbox/) Let your customers design their own signs ![Three custom sign types: neon, acrylic, and brushed metal letters](/_astro/sidebar-sign-showcase.9TDqJKD9_TbyVB.webp) Add a full sign customiser to your online store in minutes. Neon, acrylic, metal — with real-time pricing. [Start your free 7-day trial](/install/) Works with Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix & more. 7 days free. Every plan includes every feature. ## Previousupdates [View all updates](/changelog/) - [September 27, 2026AI neon designs now show as lit tubesAI Sign Designer V2 shows its drawn neon designs as lit tubes, with the same glow as neon text. From 1 October 2026, new AI neon designs have no UV print.feature](/changelog/ai-neon-designs-lit-tubes-uv-print/) - [September 26, 2026Refused AI designs now go to your fallback formWhen the AI sign designer cannot make a design, customers can send their image to you with your fallback form.feature](/changelog/ai-designer-fallback-form-by-default/) - [September 25, 2026Clearer inch and pound figures across Sign CustomiserWhole inch values stay whole, pound rates keep their figures, and volumetric divisors have clear units and starting values.feature](/changelog/reliable-inch-and-pound-settings/) - [September 25, 2026New controls on the sign previewThe sign preview now uses one control style in fixed corners, and one background tray that shows the customer's own photo first.feature](/changelog/new-sign-preview-controls/) [View all updates](/changelog/) ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.