Ampler’s Colour pane changes a shape’s fill, outline, and font colour from one place, so recolouring is a single click on the palette rather than a trip through several menus.
Quick answer: Select a shape and click the fill, outline, or font colour you want in the Ampler Colour pane; a colour picker and a no-fill/no-outline option are there too.
How to use it
Select a shape, then set fill, outline, or font colour from the pane.
- Click to select a shape.
- Click to change its fill, outline, or font colour from the Colour pane.
The pane also offers a colour picker and a no fill / no outline option, so all the colour actions sit in one place.
Keyboard shortcut
The Colour-pane actions have no default shortcut (toggle the pane itself from the Ampler ribbon). To assign shortcuts to colour functions, open the Settings dropdown on the Ampler ribbon, choose Shortcuts, click Set shortcut on the function, and press your key combination.
Why use it
Native PowerPoint splits fill, outline, and font colour across different controls, and each opens the full colour wheel — an easy way to pick an off-brand colour. The Colour pane keeps the three together on your palette, so recolouring is quick and stays on the house colours.
How consultants use it
Colour on a consulting slide is governed, not improvised: only the firm’s (or client’s) palette is used, and colour is applied to carry meaning. A single pane on that palette makes the discipline effortless. Three conventions apply:
- Palette discipline: fill, outline, and font colours come from the defined palette, not an arbitrary pick.
- Colour with intent: a highlighted figure or a muted comparator is set deliberately and consistently.
- All colour in one place: the three colour actions sit together, so recolouring is fast and on-brand.
The Colour pane makes on-palette recolouring a single click.
Tips & best practices
- Set the pane’s palette to your template colours so every choice is on-brand.
- Use no fill / no outline to clear a colour rather than matching the background.
- Run Scan & Fix before sending to catch any off-palette colours.
Availability
Included in Ampler for PowerPoint and the Ampler Suite, on Windows desktop PowerPoint.
Frequently asked questions
How do you change a shape’s fill, outline, and font colour in PowerPoint?
Select the shape and click the colour you want in the Ampler Colour pane — fill, outline, and font colour are all there, on your palette.
How do you keep slide colours on-brand?
Set the Colour pane to your template palette and recolour from it, so fills, outlines, and fonts stay on the house colours.
How do you remove a shape’s fill or outline colour?
Use the no fill / no outline option in the Colour pane rather than matching it to the background.