How to Remove Built-In Rainbow Coloring from a Procreate Brush
To remove rainbow coloring from a Procreate brush, duplicate it, open Brush Studio → Color Dynamics, and set its color-changing controls to 0%. Check both jitter sections and the controls for Pencil input. Test the edited copy before using it in your artwork. These controls govern color variation within and between strokes. Procreate Handbook: Brush Studio Settings
This guide is for someone who likes a brush’s texture or lettering style but wants to draw with one chosen color. The aim is to create a useful single-color version while keeping the original available.
1. Duplicate the brush before changing its settings
Open your brushes, find the rainbow brush, swipe left on it, and tap Duplicate. Select the copy, then tap it again to open Brush Studio. Procreate documents both duplication and this two-tap editing sequence in its brush library guide. Procreate Handbook: Brush Libraries
Working on a copy gives you a direct comparison throughout the process. If you remove the color variation but dislike another aspect of the result, you can compare the two brushes instead of trying to reconstruct the original settings from memory.
Give the copy a recognizable name, such as “Single Color.” In Procreate 5.4 and later, tap and hold the brush in the main Brushes interface and choose Rename. Earlier versions offered renaming under About this Brush in Brush Studio. Procreate Handbook: Brush Libraries
2. Identify when the rainbow effect appears
Before editing, make a few sample marks. Watch whether the color changes inside one continuous line, between separate lines, or when you vary your Pencil input. This observation helps you choose where to start.
| What you observe | First place to inspect |
|---|---|
| Different colors scattered within one stroke | Stamp Color Jitter |
| A different color each time you lift the Pencil | Stroke Color Jitter |
| Color changes as you press harder or tilt | Color Pressure or Color Tilt |
| Color changes when rotating Apple Pencil Pro | Color barrel roll |
This diagnostic sequence follows the documented behavior of Procreate’s color controls. Several can operate together, so finding one active setting does not establish that it is the only cause. Procreate Handbook: Brush Studio Settings
3. Turn off the brush’s color variation
In Color Dynamics, use this checklist:
- Under Stamp Color Jitter, set Hue and Secondary Color to 0%.
- Repeat under Stroke Color Jitter.
- Under Color Pressure, Color Tilt, and Color barrel roll, where available, set the color-changing values to 0%.
- For consistent color values as well as consistent hue, zero the remaining Saturation, Lightness, Darkness, or Brightness controls shown in those sections.
Hue controls produce shifts around the color spectrum; Secondary Color controls introduce variation toward another selected color. The other controls affect vividness or lightness. Zeroing the whole Color Dynamics panel is the straightforward starting point for a single-color variant. Procreate Handbook: Brush Studio Settings
Use the displayed number to confirm each value. Brush Studio lets you tap a slider’s numerical value and enter a precise number, which is helpful when aiming for zero. Procreate Handbook: Brush Studio
Make this first pass without changing shape, grain, spacing, or size response. Keeping the edit focused makes the comparison easier: you are evaluating whether the unwanted coloring has disappeared while the qualities you liked remain.
4. Check pressure and tilt even if the first test looks correct
A brush can appear single-colored during a steady stroke, then reveal another color when your drawing input changes. Brush maker Emy Flint’s original tutorial demonstrates separate color effects driven by pressure and tilt, alongside color changes between strokes. Ebb and Flow Creative Co: How to a Create Color Dynamics Brush for Procreate
For that reason, use more than one ordinary line to assess the result. Try a light stroke followed by a firmer one, then repeat with a different Pencil angle. Treat this as a check of the edited settings, rather than a search for one particular drawing gesture that hides the effect.
If you want to preserve some tonal variation, first establish a version that behaves consistently. Then restore one desired control at a time. For example, you might prefer variations in brightness while keeping hue fixed. The maker’s tutorial illustrates these controls separately, making it useful for deciding which variation you actually want to retain. Ebb and Flow Creative Co: How to a Create Color Dynamics Brush for Procreate
5. Inspect both components of a dual brush
If Brush Studio shows two brush previews at the upper left, you are editing a dual brush. Procreate allows each component to have independent settings, and edits apply only to the selected component. Tap each preview in turn and repeat the Color Dynamics check. Procreate Handbook: Dual Brush
This is a useful checkpoint when your first edit changes the result but leaves some unwanted coloring. Record which component you have inspected so you do not repeatedly adjust the same one.
Keep the components combined during the initial correction. Procreate also provides a Combine Mode that controls how the components blend, but changing that introduces another variable into your comparison. Start by checking the color settings of both components, then assess the combined result. Procreate Handbook: Dual Brush
6. Save and test the brush on a blank canvas
Use Brush Studio’s Drawing Pad for an immediate preview. Its sample marks update as you change settings. Tap Done to save your edits; Cancel dismisses them. Procreate Handbook: Brush Studio
Next, test outside Brush Studio. Flint’s tutorial specifically recommends drawing on a blank canvas to see Color Dynamics changes more clearly. Choose a visible color for this check. Ebb and Flow Creative Co: How to a Create Color Dynamics Brush for Procreate
Use this short comparison routine:
- Draw several separate strokes with the edited brush.
- Draw one continuous stroke while varying pressure and angle.
- Choose another color and repeat.
- Compare the edited brush with the original, looking separately at color, edges, texture, and stroke shape.
These are suggested diagnostic steps, not reported test results. Their purpose is to expose a remaining color trigger without requiring changes to your working illustration.
7. Keep the version that meets your drawing needs
If unexpected colors remain, reopen the duplicate and work through the checklist in order: both jitter sections, all Pencil-driven color sections, and both components if it is a dual brush. Confirm that you saved the changes and selected the edited copy for your canvas test.
Once the copy follows your chosen colors across repeated strokes and varied input, keep it under its descriptive name. You will have a single-color option for everyday drawing and the original rainbow brush available whenever you want that effect.