When listing a product with multiple variations on a Shopify collection page, there are cases where you want to display a product in a specific color that is not the default from the beginning. Here is an example of how to specify an arbitrary variation value using the collection meta field in the theme "Dawn".
How to specify and display variations other than the default on the collection page of a product with multiple variations in the theme "Dawn"

[Setup Method 1] Create two collection meta fields with single lines of text named "custom.variant_key" and "custom.variant_value".

[Setting Method 2] "card-product.liquid" Modification 1: Modify the beginning

[Setting Method 3] Fix for "card-product.liquid" 2: Add code to the product link URL

