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 property) or to a color in the color scheme (by using the property).

Remarks

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

Use this property
With this object 		To return a ColorFormat object that represents this
AnimationSettings Color used for dimmed objects
FillFormat Background fill color (used in a shaded or patterned fill)
FillFormat Foreground fill color (the fill color for a solid fill)
Font Bullet or character color
LineFormat Background line color (used in a patterned line)
LineFormat Foreground line color (or just the line color for a solid line)
ShadowFormat Shadow color
SlideShowSettings Default pointer color for a presentation
SlideShowView Temporary pointer color for a view of a slide show
ThreeDFormat Color of the sides of an extruded object

Example

Use the 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.

Visual Basic for Applications 
ActivePresentation.Slides(2).Shapes(1).TextFrame _ .TextRange.Font.Color.SchemeColor = ppTitle

Use the 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.

Visual Basic for Applications 
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

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