How do I assign colour variant to product image for that specific colour on dawn theme 15.0 - code

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Topic summary

A Shopify store owner using Dawn theme 15.0 seeks to link color variant selections to specific product images, so clicking a color (e.g., orange) displays only that color’s images.

Two Main Solutions Emerged:

  1. No-Code Method: Assign featured images to variants in product admin and enable “Pick an option” in the theme customizer. Limitation: shows only one image per variant, not multiple images for the same color.

  2. Code-Based Solution: Requires three steps:

    • Add alt text to product images matching variant color names exactly
    • Replace code in product-media-gallery.liquid file
    • Add JavaScript to main-product.js

Key Challenge: Users want all product images visible initially, but filtered to show only relevant color images when a variant is selected. The default behavior shows either all images or only single variant images.

Current Status: Mixed results reported. Some users successfully implemented the code solution, while others (particularly on Trade theme) report it’s not working. The discussion remains active with ongoing troubleshooting, particularly around displaying multiple images per color variant while maintaining proper filtering functionality.

Summarized with AI on October 29. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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@kpsclothing I dont think there’s any change needed to the swatches. The number of colors you have in your color variant only that much swatches will show up, it does not get duplicated.

Challenge is to not show all the products on selection of a particular variant color and I am going to update that to you pretty soon in shaa Allah

Thanks

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