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. You can also use a transparent background in your clip art to avoid conflict between its background color and your document's background. With a transparent background, the clip art takes on the same background as your document.

Choose a Color Type

Click the picture whose color you want to change.

Click the Color button on the Picture toolbar.

Click one of the Color options.

• Automatic gives the image the default coloring.

• Grayscale converts the default coloring into whites, blacks, and grays scaled between white and black.

• Black & White converts the default coloring into only white and black. You may lose detail in your object when you choose this option.

• Washout converts the default coloring into whites and very light colors. This option makes a nice background.

Did You Know?

You can't modify some pictures in Word . If the picture is a bitmap (.BMP, .JPG, .GIF, or .PNG), you need to edit its colors in an image editing program, such as Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, or Paint Shop Pro.

Recolor a Picture

Click the picture you want to recolor.

Click the Recolor Picture button on the Picture toolbar.

Click the check box next to the original color you want to change.

Click the corresponding New list arrow, and then select a new color.

Repeat steps 3 and 4 for as many colors as you want.

Click OK.

Set a Transparent Background

Click the picture you want to change.

Click the Set Transparent Color button on the Picture toolbar.

Move the pointer over to the object color you want to set as transparent.

When you're done, click outside the image.