ColorFormat Object

Description

Represents the color of a one-color object, the foreground or background color of an object with a gradient or patterned fill, or the pointer color. You can set colors to an explicit red-green-blue value (by using the RGB property) or to a color in the color scheme (by using the SchemeColor property).

Using the ColorFormat Object

Use one of the properties listed in the following table to return a ColorFormat object.

To return a ColorFormat object that represents this

Use this property

With this object

Color used for dimmed objects

DimColor

AnimationSettings

Background fill color (used in a shaded or
patterned fill)

BackColor

FillFormat

Foreground fill color (or simply the fill color for
a solid fill)

ForeColor

FillFormat

Bullet or character color

Color

Font

Background line color (used in a patterned line)

BackColor

LineFormat

Foreground line color (or just the line color for
a solid line)

ForeColor

LineFormat

Shadow color

ForeColor

ShadowFormat

Default pointer color for a presentation

PointerColor

SlideShowSettings

Temporary pointer color for a view of a slide show

PointerColor

SlideShowView

Color of the sides of an extruded object

ExtrusionColor

ThreeDFormat


Use the SchemeColor property to set the color of a slide element to one of the colors in the standard color scheme. The following example sets the text color for shape one on slide two in the active presentation to the standard color-scheme title color.

ActivePresentation.Slides(2).Shapes(1).TextFrame.TextRange.Font _
    .Color.SchemeColor = ppTitle
Use the RGB property to set a color to an explicit red-green-blue value. The following example adds a rectangle to myDocument and then sets the foreground color, background color, and gradient for the rectangle's fill.

Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
With myDocument.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, 90, 90, 90, 50).Fill
    .ForeColor.RGB = RGB(128, 0, 0)
    .BackColor.RGB = RGB(170, 170, 170)
    .TwoColorGradient msoGradientHorizontal, 1
End With
Properties

Application property, Creator property, Parent property, RGB property, SchemeColor property, Type property.