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I changed a color but nothing changed

The section you're looking at is on a color scheme, so it ignores the global swatch you edited. Global colors and color schemes are two separate layers, and a scheme wins wherever it's applied.

To find out which layer controls the section:

  1. In the theme editor, select the section.
  2. Look for its Color scheme setting. If a scheme is set, that scheme's colors are painting the section — not the global swatches.

To fix it, edit the right layer:

  • To recolor a single section, open Theme settings → Colors, edit the scheme that section uses, and change its Background, Text, Border, or Accent.
  • To recolor the whole storefront, edit the global swatches under Theme settings → Colors. Sections with no scheme applied follow these.

Note: Schemes only re-point background, text, border, and accent. Surface, strong border, dark panels, and the status colors stay global on every scheme.