| 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. | -
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. | |