- Introduction
- Locating and Inserting an Online Picture
- Inserting a Picture
- Inserting a Picture Screen Shot
- Adding an Artistic Style to a Picture
- Adding a Quick Style to a Picture
- Applying a Shape to a Picture
- Applying a Border to a Picture
- Applying Picture Effects
- Modifying Picture Size
- Compressing a Picture
- Correcting a Picture
- Recoloring a Picture
- Cropping and Rotating a Picture
- Removing a Picture Background
- Creating WordArt Text
- Formatting WordArt Text
- Applying WordArt Text Effects
- Modifying WordArt Text Position
- Creating SmartArt Graphics
- Formatting a SmartArt Graphic
- Modifying a SmartArt Graphic
- Adding Pictures to a SmartArt Graphic
- Creating an Organization Chart
- Inserting and Creating a Chart
- Changing a Chart Layout and Style
- Changing Chart Elements
- Formatting Line and Bar Charts
- Editing Chart Data
- Inserting Apps for Office Programs
Recoloring a Picture
You can recolor clip art and other objects to match the color scheme of your document. For example, if you use a flower clip art as your business logo, you can change shades of pink in the spring to shades of orange in the autumn. The Color Picture Quick Style gallery provides a variety of different recolor formatting combinations. To quickly see if you like a Color Picture Quick Style, point to a thumbnail in the gallery to display a live preview of it in the selected shape. If you like it, you can apply it. You can also use a transparent background in your picture to avoid conflict between its background color and your document’s background. With a transparent background, the picture takes on the same background as your document.
Recolor a Picture
- Click the picture whose color you want to change.
- Click the Format tab under Picture Tools.
- Click the Color button.
Click one of the Color options.
- Recolor. Click an option to apply a color type:
No Recolor. Click this option to remove a previous recolor.
Grayscale. Converts colors into whites, blacks and shades of gray between black and white.
Sepia. Converts colors into very light gold and yellow colors like a picture from the old west.
Washout. Converts colors into whites and very light colors.
Black and White. Converts colors into only white and black.
- Color Saturation or Color Tone. Click an option to apply a color saturation or tone based on the recolor selection.
- More Variations. Point to this option to select a specific color.
- Picture Color Options. Click this option to set custom recolor options by percentage.
- Recolor. Click an option to apply a color type:
Set a Transparent Background
- Click the picture you want to change.
- Click the Format tab under Picture Tools.
- Click the Color button, and then click Set Transparent Color.
- Move the pointer over the object until the pointer changes shape.
- Click the color you want to set as transparent.
- Move the pointer over the picture where you want to apply the transparent color, and then click to apply it.
- When you’re done, click outside the image.