🔍 Variant custom.color check
Each variant should show "custom.color = present". If you see "BLANK", enable Storefront API access for the
variant metafield custom.color in Settings → Custom data → Variants.
Variant 47335743455395 (Black/Crab Apple | Black): custom.color =
present (handle: black_crab_apple)
Variant 47335745618083 (Cobblestone/Black | Brown): custom.color =
present (handle: cobblestone)
Variant 47335745650851 (Dark Tranquil Blue/Dill | Blue): custom.color =
present (handle: dark_tranquil_blue_dill)
🖼️ Current variant's color
Shows the swatch for the variant selected on load. Use ?variant=ID&debug=swatch to see a different
color (e.g. Bluestone variant ID).
Handle: black_crab_apple (variant 47335743455395)
Swatch:
//www.hartvillehardware.com/cdn/shop/files/5adb620f18783f2ada7e661c...
🖼️ Direct test: Color metaobject handle "black" — variant_swatch_images
Fetches metaobjects.color.black and displays its Variant Swatch Images field. If you see the image
below, the theme can read it.
✅ metaobjects.color.black found (handle: black)
✅ Image found via: variant_swatch_images.value[0]
Image URL: //www.hartvillehardware.com/cdn/shop/files/2921c894ef981663f7e13ca96c9dc5236ad3e02e_black.jpg?v=1765429244&width=120
Rendered image:
Same image via variant (path used by swatches)
Uses variant.metafields.custom.color.value for a variant whose color handle is "black".
❌ No image via variant path (variant_swatch_images blank when read from
variant.metafields.custom.color.value)