Troubleshoot filling objects with color

I can't see the color or pattern I just chose

The object you changed might be behind an opaque text frame or WordArt frame. Select the frame, and then press CTRL+T to make it transparent.

An object changes color when I paste it into a publication.

Your object is filled with a scheme color, and you are pasting it into a publication with a different color scheme. The object is automatically filled with a color of the new publication's color scheme.

If you want the object's color to remain unchanged, you need to fill it with a non-scheme color before you paste it into another publication.

I want to work with individual colors and fill effects, not with color schemes.

  1. Right-click an object in your publication that you want to change, and then click Format (Picture, AutoShape, WordArt).
  2. Select the options you want on the Colors and Lines tab.

I can't find non-scheme colors when I click the Fill Color button.

To add non-scheme colors to the Fill Color palette, do the following:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
  2. On the General tab, select the Show basic colors in color palette check box.

    To see more colors, simply click More colors.

    To see tints, shades, and gradients, click Fill Effects.

I can't recolor a picture or photograph.

  1. Right-click the picture or photo that you want to recolor, and then click Format Picture.
  2. In the dialog box, click the Picture tab.
  3. Under Image control, click Recolor.
  4. Select the options you want, click Apply, and then click OK.

I can't remove a color fill.

  1. Select the object you want to change.
  2. On the Formatting toolbar, click the arrow next to the Fill Color button .
  3. Click No Fill.