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GoBricks custom colors

GoBricks sells seven colors that have no BrickLink equivalent. These five steps add them to Studio and make them work in import/export processes with .csv files. Everything here is free, and the converter runs in your browser, so your parts list is never uploaded anywhere.

  1. 1 Add the colors to Studio

    Quit Studio first. Then pick whichever of these suits you — both make the same edit to the same file.

    • Egg White027 · #EFDBB2
    • Bright Pearl Gold037 · #D9963F
    • Army Green041 · #555631
    • Light Slate Gray056 · #CBD3EB
    • Pink Purple064 · #DECDE7
    • Cool White091 · #FFFFFF
    • Pale Gray092 · #D9D9D6

    Paste them in — works everywhere

    Copy the code, then open Studio’s color file and paste it at the very end. Click at the end of the last line, press Return once, then paste and save. The file is here:

    Mac ~/.local/share/Stud.io/CustomColors/CustomColorDefinition.txt
    In Finder press ⇧⌘G and paste the folder part to get there.    Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Stud.io\CustomColors\CustomColorDefinition.txt
    Paste that into the File Explorer address bar.

    590027	927	590027		GoBricks Egg White	Egg White	GoBricks Egg White		#EFDBB2	1	Solid Colors	6	to_bl			GoBricks
590037	937	590037		GoBricks Bright Pearl Gold	Bright Pearl Gold	GoBricks Bright Pearl Gold		#D9963F	1	Pearl Colors	5	to_bl			GoBricks
590041	941	590041		GoBricks Army Green	Army Green	GoBricks Army Green		#555631	1	Solid Colors	12	to_bl			GoBricks
590056	956	590056		GoBricks Light Slate Gray	Light Slate Gray	GoBricks Light Slate Gray		#CBD3EB	1	Solid Colors	16	to_bl			GoBricks
590064	964	590064		GoBricks Pink Purple	Pink Purple	GoBricks Pink Purple		#DECDE7	1	Solid Colors	18	to_bl			GoBricks
590091	991	590091		GoBricks Cool White	Cool White	GoBricks Cool White		#FFFFFF	1	Solid Colors	22	to_bl			GoBricks
590092	992	590092		GoBricks Pale Gray	Pale Gray	GoBricks Pale Gray		#D9D9D6	1	Solid Colors	22	to_bl			GoBricks

    Or run the installer

    On Windows this is the easier route: double-click the .bat and it does the edit for you. On a Mac the script is blocked by macOS — you will get “Apple could not verify it is free of malware”, and you have to open System Settings › Privacy & Security and press Open Anyway. Pasting the lines above is usually quicker.

    Download the installer pack
    Studio's color palette, searched for gobricks, listing the seven colors
    Start Studio again and search the Color Palette for “gobricks” — all seven are there. The warning marks mean BrickLink has no matching color, so they are expected here.

  2. 2 Build your model

    Build as you normally would, using the GoBricks colors wherever you want them. They behave like any other color in Studio. One thing to know: a custom color lives on your own computer, so if you share the model with somebody who has not installed the pack, they will not see it.

  3. 3 Export your part list as CSV

    In Studio, go to File › Export As › Export as PartsList… and save it as a CSV. It has to be CSV — BrickLink’s XML format has no way to name a GoBricks color, so an XML export loses them whatever you do afterwards.

    Studio's File menu, with Export As open and Export as PartsList highlighted
    File › Export As › Export as PartsList…, then save it as CSV.

  4. 4 Convert it here

    Choose the CSV you just exported and download the converted file. Parts in ordinary colors are carried straight across; parts in the seven GoBricks colors are rewritten into the product codes their uploader needs. Anything not in the GoBricks catalog is listed back to you rather than quietly ordered in the wrong color.

  5. 5 Upload it to GoBricks

    Take the converted file to brickwith.com/en/part-list/upload and upload it as a CSV. Your parts appear in the right colors, custom ones included, ready to add to an order.

    The GoBricks part list upload page
    Upload the converted file as a CSV. The original Studio export will not work here — it is the converted one you want.

Color reference

Every GoBricks color with its number and hex value, and the BrickLink and LDraw numbers it corresponds to where one exists. The seven custom colors are listed first.

Open the color chart

Notes

The colors carry a marker number in place of a BrickLink one, which is what lets the converter recognize them — it also means a part list taken straight to BrickLink will not find them, which is expected. Hex values and part numbers come from the GoBricks catalog. MackBricks is not affiliated with GoBricks or BrickLink.