Swatches names in photoshop

Is there a way in photoshop to link the color swatches with their name ? I am doing design recoloration, and would need the name of each color to be written under the color palet on the cad, as I change the colors.... probably not possible, but just in case... or another software ? or with a plug-in ? I already know there is Uforia, but it is not convenient for me. Anyone has a suggestion?Thank you!

In the color palette, no - we don't keep names there because the whole point of the color palette is changing colors.
In the swatches palette, you can always change the way the list is displayed to include the names (or just show the names). Check the options available in the menu on the top right.

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It's my first time posting on this forum. I´m new around scripting but I need to do a simple task. I think It´s impossible without using script.
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I created an action which automaticaly selects each object and save its color in Swatchs panel.
I´m able to reach the result which automaticaly selects object per object and saves its color.
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How to create
Thank you for any advice

Something like the following should work (untested)
Set your count var
var colorCount = 0;
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var lastSwatch = app.activeDocument.swatches[lastSwatchIndex];
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Does anybody know how to extract channel names from PhotoShop-written TIFFs? (I'm really asking about spot color channel names, as basic channel names, such as "Red," "Green," "Blue" or "Cyan," "Magenta," "Yellow," and "Black" can obviously be derived from the color space tag.)
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Thank you Larry. This is very helpful to know!
I chatted with a friend, who knows much more about colors, printing, etc. and now I see that I can only get item swatch names when the item is set to a spot (or global I believe). Process on the other hand will just return specific number values for each color (c, m, y, k). So I think I have a better understanding now.
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I need to rename the swatches name.
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While removing the original color name manually, it ask for replace with. How this can be done?
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Its aks for 'replace with' when removing the complete Swatch manually, not just the name.
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