Matching colors in a PowerPoint for different elements is not easy. You see professionally designed templates and wonder how the designer has maintained the color consistency throughout the slides. Well, you can also do the same by learning how to use the eyedropper in PowerPoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are different tools in PowerPoint that make working with color precise, swift, and more convenient. In this guide, we will learn how to match and detect colors with the eyedropper and how to use it for your PowerPoint slides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eyedropper is a helpful design tool in PowerPoint that allows you to capture colors from any element of the slide and then apply them to the selected shape, background, image, text, or any part. Use of the eyedropper is not limited to slides only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eyedropper can be used to capture colors from any part of the screen, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eyedropper in PowerPoint is a visual color picker. With the eyedropper, you move the pointer to any element or color, and it will display the RGB code for that color. If you want to apply the target color to your selected element or text, the next sections have the answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Eyedropper feature is not limited to text boxes or backgrounds. Almost every option with color choices has an eyedropper tool. In PowerPoint, the eyedropper is available in font colors, border colors, shape fill, text fill, border fill, and all other options where color selection is involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will discuss the steps on how to use the eyedropper in PowerPoint and how to capture color from any other screen or tab on your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Open your PowerPoint presentation and select the object that you want to recolor. Eyedropper works for almost every object, like shapes, icons, and text boxes. For better understanding, let’s select a box from the slide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This box is red in color by default. We want to change the color of the box from red to the color of any other object on the slide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After selecting the object in the slide, go to the Shape Format<\/strong> tab. As we want to change the color of the box, click the Shape Fill<\/strong> button and from the menu, choose Eyedropper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n