You can use the eyedropper tool anywhere that you can access the More Colors menu option, such as in shape fills, shape outlines, shadow settings, line options, chart fills, and so on. If you've changed your mind and don't want to apply the color, at the bottom of the Format Background pane, select Reset Background. If you want all slides in your file to have that same background, at the bottom of the Format Background pane, select Apply to All. The color is immediately applied to the slide background. Point at the color you want to apply, and then click. The Format Background pane opens on the right. Right-click the slide whose background you want to re-color. Match a color and apply it to the slide background To turn off the Eyedropper tool without picking a color, press Esc. The color is immediately applied to the selected shape or object.įor a more accurate way of getting the exact color you want when many colors are clustered together, select the color by pressing Enter or spacebar instead. When you're pointing at the color you want to match, release mouse button. Hover or pause on a color to see its RGB (Red Green Blue) color coordinates.

As you move your pointer around onscreen, a live preview of the color you're pointing at appears. The mouse pointer turns into an eyedropper tool: On the Format or Shape Format tab, select Shape Fill (if you're coloring a shape) or Text Fill (if you're coloring text). (To select multiple objects, press Ctrl and then click the shapes.)

Select the shape or text you want to assign a new color to.

Color match