Fill a shape with color

To fill a shape with color, follow these steps:

1.Single-click to select a shape or double-click to select a shape to enter its editing mode.

2.To fill the shape with the last color used for filling earlier, on the Home tab, in the Shape group, click  Fill color.

3.To fill a shape with a different color, on the Home tab, in the Shape group, click the arrow to the right of the  Fill color button, and in the fill settings pane that opens, specify the shape's fill color using one of the following methods:

•Choose a color from one of the color sets provided.

•Specify the color code manually.

•Copy the color with an eyedropper.

Choose a color from the color sets provided

The following colors sets are available in the color selection pane:

–Theme colors: This block contains the color palette of the current document's theme.

–Standard colors: This block contains the colors that users most often choose when formatting a document.

–Recent colors: This block contains up to the last ten colors that you selected when formatting the document earlier. The Recent colors set is displayed if you have selected at least one color.

Hovering the mouse cursor over any color displays the value of that color in the RGB color model. For example, RGB 192,80,77.

Left-click a color to select it.

The color will be added to the Recent colors set and checked in the settings pane. The settings pane will close. The shape will be filled with the selected color.

Specify the color code manually

If you do not find the appropriate color in the listed color sets, specify the color code manually:

1.Click More colors.

2.In the Select color window that appears, specify the desired color as a HEX code or in RGB format.

3.Click OK.

The color you set manually will be added to the Recent colors set and checked in the settings pane. The settings pane will close. The shape will be filled with the selected color.

Copy the color with an eyedropper

You can use the eyedropper to simultaneously copy a color from a text or object located in the main window's workspace and filling the shape with this color.

To copy a color using the eyedropper, follow these steps:

1.Click  Eyedropper on the settings pane. The pane will close and the cursor will look like a crosshair for color selection.

2.Hover the cursor over the color you want to fill the shape with. For more accurate color selection, refer to the area to the right of the cursor. It displays the color of the pixel that the cursor is currently hovering over.

3.Left-click the color.

The shape will be filled with the specified color, and the cursor returns to its standard appearance. The specified color is added to the Recent colors set and checked in the color selection pane.

If you want to disable the eyedropper without selecting a color, press Esc.