Reading Sketch preferences for colors

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Reading Sketch preferences for colors

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Last edited Apr 28, 2020

Created on Apr 28, 2020

This visualization captures a software designer’s preferred color settings for Sketch by reading them directly from the application’s saved user defaults. The code uses the `NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()` API to retrieve the stored `colorForMeasurements`, `colorForFlows`, and `colorForSnapsAndGuides` preferences, then decodes the binary data with `NSKeyedUnarchiver`. The resulting color values are likely rendered as a palette or swatches, revealing the user’s chosen hues for interface measurement overlays, flow arrows, and snapping guides, all without manual input.

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