Introduction

With the color pane you can easily access your corporate colors and theme colors and apply them to the Font, Fill, and Outline of your shapes.

Apply Colors

To apply colors, simply select your PowerPoint shape and click on the desired color in the color pane.

Default Colors

By default, the colors that are visible in the color pane are the theme colors of your current PowerPoint presentation. The theme colors can be changed in the Slide Master of your presentation: View → Slide Master → Colors → Customize Colors

Custom Colors

Custom colors can be defined using the built-in Color Pane Editor. To open it, right-click the header of the color pane and select "Edit Color Pane".

In the editor, you can define color groups and individual colors. Once you are done, press Save to apply and store your changes.

The editor has two tabs:

Local: colors stored on your local machine
Company: colors shared across your organization (stored in the company shared location)

Note: Depending on your access rights, you may not be able to edit the Company colors, or the color pane editor may be restricted entirely if your admin has locked the configuration.

Configuring the Color Pane

You can enable/disable the color pane by clicking the "Show Colors Pane" button in the presentaid ribbon. In the settings panel (General & Support → About) you can enable the Theme Colors and Shade Colors.

Note: If your company has placed a custom color file in the company shared location your local custom colors are not available..