# How UI Color Palette on Sketch works

Sketch’s UI Color Palette stores color palettes on a Sketchs document. These palettes are strictly linked to the selected document.

## Local Master

The palettes stored on the selected page act as `Local Masters`. This setup provides real-time updates to the color scheme, ensuring any modifications are immediately reflected.

## Local Instance

Palettes can generate documents within a Figma document as `Local Instances`. This offers a quick view of the color shades and tints, complete with their properties. Note that these documents are shortcuts to the `Local Master` that can be updated. Changes must be manually replicated to the generated document on demand as they are not automatically updated.

## Remote Master

Palettes can be saved in the cloud for use across different Sketch documents and supported platforms like [Figma](https://www.figma.com/) and [Penpot](https://penpot.app/). A saved palette acts as the `Remote Master`. To update a saved palette, it must be added to the local selected page, and any changes must be published.

In summary, a saved palette is the `Remote Master`, a local palette is a `Local Master`, and a generated document is a `Local Instance`.

To learn more, see [Palette publication lifecycle](https://docs.ui-color-palette.com/sketch/introduction/palette-publication-lifecycle).