What is the Eyedropper tool in PowerPoint?
Where do you find the Eyedropper?
How to Match Colors with the Help of Eyedropper in PowerPoint
Learn How to Use the Eyedropper with Text Blocks
Use any Color within PowerPoint or outside of it with the Eyedropper
Customize your PowerPoint Templates with the Eyedropper
Just like the Dude’s rug from the Big Lebowski, a consistent color scheme ties an entire PowerPoint presentation together.
If you want your presentation to be professional-looking and attractive, don’t underestimate the importance of making all the colors compatible and coherent. That’s exactly the case when the PowerPoint Eyedropper tool can come in handy. Keep reading to find out how to use this feature and where it can be found.
What is the Eyedropper tool in PowerPoint?
Before we provide tips on how to use the tool, let’s have a few words about the Eyedropper. PowerPoint has a lot of cool and useful features you might not know about. Most likely, the Eyedropper tool is one of them. So, what does the Eyedropper tool do?
An Eyedropper is an option that allows picking a specific color from anywhere in PowerPoint, or outside of it, and adding the chosen color to your presentation. Thanks to Eyedropper it is possible to match colors of shapes, objects, backgrounds, and texts throughout the slides and make them look coherent.
Let’s say you want the background on all of your slides to be the same color as the leaves shown in a photo on the first slide. What are the odds that you will be able to find this exact color among the color options presented in the PowerPoint color palette generator? We’re not telling you that it is not impossible; however, to do so, you will have to spend a great deal of precious time trying to find the nearest match. There’s no need in wasting time with such a task since PowerPoint has already taken care of everything for you. With the Eyedropper tool, you can copy and transfer any color to the background in no time. And there you go! The background color on all the slides matches those leaves from the first slide.
Where do you find the Eyedropper?
Ok, where is the Eyedropper tool located in PowerPoint? The Eyedropper tool can be found in the 2013 and 2016 versions of PowerPoint and in Office 365. It is worth mentioning that you won’t be able to use the eyedropper option in Touch mode since it is only available if you have a stylus or mouse.
How to Match Colors with the Help of Eyedropper in PowerPoint
By using PowerPoint Eyedropper, the colors of your texts, shapes, outlines, backgrounds, and other objects can match any color you desire in just a few steps. Want to know how it works? Let’s see.
In order to use the Eyedropper tool, simply do the following:
Select the option to Fill the color
Choose the Eyedropper tool
OR:
Pick an object you want to find a certain color for
Go to the Ribbon and choose Drawing Tools
Select Format and then Shape Fill
Find Eyedropper on the menu
Learn How to Use the Eyedropper with Text Blocks
If you haven’t used the Eyedropper tool before, you will be amazed at how useful it can be. With the tool, you can pick a color from any object and then apply it to another object.
So, how do you use the Eyedropper tool with text? If you need to match the color of text:
First, highlight the text
Go to the Home tab
Navigate to the Text color drop-down menu
Use any Color within PowerPoint or outside of it with the Eyedropper
As you can see, it is not difficult to match the colors within PowerPoint with the help of the Eyedropper tool. However, what if the desired color can only be found outside of the PowerPoint program? For instance, you want the color of your heading to match one of the colors on the Google Chrome logo. You are not limited to colors found within PowerPoint. To grab a color from anywhere on your computer screen, you need to:
Select an eyedropper as described above
When you have found the color you want, release the mouse
Your selection will then match the chosen color
Match the colors outside of PowerPoint and use them with the Eyedropper quickly and effectively. This simple guide shows how to match a color within PowerPoint and beyond.
Customize your PowerPoint Templates with the Eyedropper
A lot of people mistakenly think that the color scheme of ready-made PowerPoint templates cannot be customized. This is SO not true. Thanks to the PowerPoint Eyedropper tool, you can match the colors of objects, shapes, text, and backgrounds in all PowerPoint templates presented in the TemplateMonster collection. Whether you pick premium or free PowerPoint templates, you will see no difference in the customization process.
To show you an example, I have selected the free Build Creative PowerPoint Template. Slide 103 shows social networking site infographics, but for me, the colors of icons don’t fit. It would be a lot better if the social media icons on the slide had the same colors as the official social media logos. With the help of the Eyedropper, it can be done quickly and easily. All I need to do is find the official logo of a particular social networking site.
Now that you know how to match colors in PowerPoint by means of the Eyedropper tool, tasks that involve editing and customizing PowerPoint templates will be a lot easier and faster. Hopefully, this article was useful. We are always happy to hear the feedback.
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